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EU, U.S., Japan seek WTO steps on China rare earths

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BRUSSELS - The European Union, the United States and Japan on Wednesday requested a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) after failing to resolve a battle over China's export restrictions on rare earth minerals.

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West worried by China-Pakistan atomic ties: sources

VIENNA - Western states pressured China at closed-door talks last week to address concerns about its plans to expand a nuclear power plant in Pakistan and provide more information, but were rebuffed, two diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.

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Shenzhen's "mini-Hong Kong" to test China's financial ambitions

SHENZHEN/HONG KONG - China's southern boomtown of Shenzhen, a pioneer of economic reforms but long in the shadow of Hong Kong, is plotting another bold ploy: a $45 billion 'mini-Hong Kong' to return it to the limelight and aid China's rise as a financial power.

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Romney would get tough on China: Portman

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would move aggressively to open up more foreign markets for U.S. exports, while getting tougher with China on its trade and currency practices, Senator Rob Portman said on Tuesday. | Video

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Cambodia says Frenchman may be financially linked to Bo case

PHNOM PENH - A French architect in detention in Cambodia is being held because of alleged financial links to China's biggest political scandal in two decades and a Chinese judge could come to help with his questioning, a Cambodian minister said on Wednesday.

World, 5:16am EDT

China first-half growth seen over 7.5 percent, but pressures remain

BEIJING - China's annual economic growth could exceed 7.5 percent in the first half of 2012 but the economy still faces growing downward pressure, a senior official with the industry ministry said in remarks published on Wednesday.

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China's city banks still barred from listing: paper

SHANGHAI - China's small and medium-sized banks, including city commercial banks, are not allowed to list on the mainland yet because regulators are still studying the risks and merits of such IPO requests, the state-backed China Securities Journal reported.

26 Jun 2012

Romney would get tough on China: Portman

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would move aggressively to open up more foreign markets for U.S. exports, while getting tougher with China on its trade and currency practices, Senator Rob Portman said on Tuesday. | Video

Politics, 26 Jun 2012

China, Chile aim to double trade by 2015: Premier Wen

SANTIAGO - Top metals consumer China and world No. 1 copper producer Chile plan to double their bilateral trade to $60 billion by 2015, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Tuesday during an official visit to Chile.

World, 26 Jun 2012

Angry Birds sweet-talk copycats in booming China market

SHANGHAI - When Peter Vesterbacka visited China last spring, the marketing chief for Rovio, the Finnish firm behind the video game Angry Birds, saw fake Angry Birds products everywhere - and he was happy about it. | Video

Tech 26 Jun 2012

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Can China keep up the astonishing growth rate it has witnessed in the past three decades? And if not, what strain will this put on the country's political system? Reuters Breakingviews editor Hugo Dixon looks at China's future in this series.   Commentary 

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