A spokesman from China's Commerce Ministry says the investigation will proceed according to China's laws and the rules of the World Trade Organization.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

China considering new rules for its companies listed abroad is not new news and should not impact older internet properties like Sina.

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Under world trade rules, China is perfectly justified in subsidizing solar industry to grow domestically.

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The phase out is written into the WTO rules and China and India would not agree to a delay.

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