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  Vietnam Oil Firm Protests Chinese Plans

  A spat between China and Vietnam over energy rights in the South China Sea intensified as Vietnam's biggest company called on China to scrap its plans to develop areas near the Vietnamese shore.

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  China Province Backtracks on Housing

  China's central Henan province appears to have beaten a hasty retreat on a proposal to ease housing-market curbs, illustrating continued tensions between Beijing and local governments over property policies.

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  StanChart Revenue Growth Likely to Slow

  Standard Chartered said it expects to report high single-digit revenue growth in the first half, as weakness in Asian currencies—especially the rupee—hit earnings.

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  Chinese Banks Told to Discount Rates

  The government of China's central province of Henan has told banks to offer steep mortgage discounts to buyers of a first home in a move to boost the sagging property market.

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  China to Aid Yuan Flow to and From Hong Kong

  China plans to unveil new measures aimed at boosting the flow of its currency between Hong Kong and the mainland.

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  High-Yield Push in China Sparks Worry

  Chinese savers increasingly are turning funds away from traditional deposits toward higher-return wealth-management products, a trend that is posing new risks for the country's banking system.

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  LDK Solar Swings to Loss

  LDK Solar swung to a fiscal-first-quarter loss as the solar-product maker continued to battle industrywide oversupply and price declines.

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  SouthGobi to Halt Mining at Flagship Mine

  SouthGobi said it will stop mining at its flagship Mongolian coal mine by the end of the week because of weak demand and customer uncertainty about its future, in the latest setback for the Canadian-owned miner.

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  Beijing Gives Market Forces a Bigger Role

  China has responded to a deep economic slowdown with a slew of policy initiatives in recent months that together underline a strategy to spur a recovery, while allowing market forces to play a bigger role in reforming an economy still dominated by the state.

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  Chinese Target U.S. Homes

  Lennar is in talks with the China Development Bank for approximately $1.7 billion in capital to jump-start two San Francisco projects.

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  Hong Kong's Leung Faces New Questions

  Hong Kong's next leader, already fighting political opponents over his plans to restructure the government, now faces new questions from lawmakers after his luxury home recently was found to contain illegal structures.

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  Hong Kong Celebrates Dragon Boat Festival

  Hong Kong held races and a water parade to mark the annual Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday.

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  Chinese Spacecraft Docks With Orbiting Module

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  Quake Kills Two in China

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  China, U.S. Sign $3.4 Billion in Deals

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  China's Bo Xilai Scandal Fells a Tycoon

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  Vying for China's Low-End Smartphone Market

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  Cambodia Will Not Extradite Frenchman Linked to Bo

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  Brazil, China in $30 Billion Swap Deal

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  Hong Kong Approves PICC IPO

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  To save hours that would be spent navigating the maze of government websites, we present China Econtracker, an interactive tool for tracking the country's economic indicators.