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Labour wages start to ease

Some migrant worker wages are starting to ease, raising profound implications for the economy.

The US currency bill

The Senate's decision to support a currency bill aimed at China has unsurprisingly sparked fierce debate.

Why is China so critical over US debt problems?

The S&P downgrade rocks the steady "trade-for-credit" symbiosis that has formed the basis of the US-China commercial relationship.

US debt debacle

Commentators discuss the US's recent debt conundrum and the ramifications for China.

Solar Power - Not all gloom

China's export-reliant solar companies have been under a cloud created by the prospect of falling subsidies in overseas markets. However, things are by no means all gloomy.

North Korea throws a focus on Asia's fraught strategic balance

So far, the aftermath of North Korea's shelling of a South Korean island has followed true to the playbook of Pyongyang poker.

China reacts to QE2

The United States Federal Reserve's announcement this month that it would pump $900bn (Rmb 5,977bn, £562.9bn, €661.8bn) into the economy by purchasing long-term Treasury bonds over the next year elicited vigorous criticism within China.

How much will the renminbi appreciate?

Growing US and EU pressure on Beijing to allow the renminbi to appreciate has generated a surge of comment in China.

Fear the catalyst

The possibility of a US-China trade war, international pressure on the renminbi to appreciate, rising Chinese inflation, signs of slowing Chinese export growth and a big meeting scheduled for mid-October to decide upon the next Five Year Plan. These are interesting times.

A bust-up averted?

China and the US patch things up.

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