China ends school fees for 150m
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China is to abolish tuition fees for 150 million rural students in a bid to tackle rural poverty, state media say.
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With a shake-up of student fees set to be introduced, figures reveal how much students are currently paying.
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China will selectively reduce spending to help trim its ballooning fiscal deficit, state media reported Monday, citing top economic officials.
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CHINA has raised its interest rates for the first time in nine years to curb inflation and stop its fast-growing economy overheating.
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China has closed 1,600 internet cafes and fined operators a total of $12 million for letting children play violent games and for other violations, the government said.
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CHINA has closed 1,600 internet cafes and fined operators a total of 100 million yuan (Â£6.5m) for letting children play violent games and for other violations, the government revealed yesterday.
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The deal is part of a new international agreement to forgive 80 per cent of Iraq&#39;s international debt, amounting to a total of about $150 billion.
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LONDON - The Chinese have come to the aid of ailing British carmaker MG Rover with Â£1 billion ($2.63 billion) in cash. MG Rover said the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) would provide the cash under
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Chinese authorities have between February and August of this year closed 1,600 Internet bars. In additional fines amounting to a total of 100 million yuan (9.
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Pakistan recognized China as a market economy Wednesday and Beijing promised visiting Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz 150 million dollars in aid to build a nuclear power plant.
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China's leading web search engine is cleared of copyright infringement by a Beijing court.
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China's government trebles the stamp duty on the trading of shares - a move seen as a bid to cool its overheated stock market.
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Dancing will be compulsory from now on for Chinese schoolchildren, who have shown alarming levels of obesity in recent years, state media said on Tuesday.
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China has halted a plan to distribute  free condoms on university campuses, quashing the AIDS  prevention effort only a week before World AIDS Day, state  media said Wednesday.
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China has proposed lifting millions of its citizens out of the income tax net to ease the burden on low-wage earners amid rising inflation, state press said Sunday.
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China has closed almost 13,000 net cafes in a bid to clean up net use in the country.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday offered 500 million yuan ($60.42 million) in aid for tsunami-ravaged countries on top of $2.6 million already pledged.