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Landmark Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect launched

​The landmark Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, which is aimed at linking up the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shanghai, was officially launched on Monday.

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"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" leads China box office

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" dominated the world's second-largest film market, bringing in 167 million yuan (27.3 million U.S. dollars) in its opening weekend.

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Coal heat slumps to cold plight

Huge deficit and shrinking coal consumption are dragging Chinese coal enterprises into the abyss as the ongoing energy regulations encourage the sector to find a solution.

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Alibaba reports first quarterly results after IPO

​Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba released its first quarterly financial results on Tuesday since successfully completing the world's biggest initial public offering in September.

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Taiwan has edge in developing offshore RMB center

Taiwan is in a good position to establish an offshore Renminbi (RMB) center, given its close economic ties with the mainland and ballooning yuan deposits, a mainland banker said Tuesday.

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"Guardians of the Galaxy" leads China's box office

American blockbuster "Guardians of the Galaxy " ruled China's box office for the week ending Oct. 19, earning 237 million yuan (about 38.7 million U.S dollars).

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New yuan loans higher in September

China's new yuan-denominated lending posted stronger than expected growth in September, expanding 154.7 billion yuan from August to reach 857.2 billion yuan (139.6 billion U.S. dollars), according to the central bank data on Thursday.

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China bank to sell yuan bonds first in S. Korea in non-resident capacity

​The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country's largest bank, plans to sell the Chinese yuan-denominated bonds in South Korea Tuesday for the first time in a non-resident capacity, the bank's Seoul branch said Monday.

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China economy still faces a long march

The balance of world power allegedly shifted on Monday, as Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet claimed China had surpassed the United States as the world's largest economy.

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Jack Ma richest man in China

Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group, has become the richest man in China with a fortune of 150 billion yuan (24.4 billion U.S. dollars), according to the "Hurun Rich List 2014" released by the Hurun Research Institute on Tuesday.

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Slowing profits for China's state firms

China's state-owned enterprises saw profit growth slow in the first eight months of 2014 amid softening momentum in the broader economy, data released by the Ministry of Finance on Monday showed.

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"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" rules China's box office

American blockbuster "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" earned 287 million yuan (about 46.5 million U.S. dollars) to rule China's box office in the week ending Aug. 31.

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World's largest duty-free shop opens in China's Sanya

​The world's largest duty-free shop (DFS) opened its doors on Monday in the coastal city of Sanya in the southern island province of Hainan.

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China imposes harsher punishment to ensure workplace safety

China's top legislature on Sunday adopted a revision to the Workplace Safety Law which imposes harsher punishment on offenders.

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Taiwan to launch RMB reference rates

Taiwan's monetary authorities will launch daily reference rates for yuan circulated on the island starting from Sept. 1, in a major step for the island's progress as an important offshore RMB center.

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"How to Train Your Dragon 2" leads China's box office

American blockbuster sequel "How to Train Your Dragon 2" earned 168 million yuan (about 27.35 million U.S. dollars) to rule China's box office in the week ending Aug. 17.

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"X-Men" tops China's box office charts

The mutant superhero movie "X-Men: Days of Future Past" took in 252 million yuan (about 40.4 million U.S. dollars) in its opening weekend to become the most successful film in China in the week ending May 25.