A worker pushes a cart in front of the Chinese Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site Monday, March 8, 2010 in Shanghai. Less than two months before the Shanghai World Expo opens, organizers said Monday that preparations for taking the wrapping off the pavilions and putting crowd control measures in place for the expected 70 million visitors are on track. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Organizers appealed Monday for patience from the expected 70 million visitors to Shanghai’s World Expo, which opens in under two months, because not all of them will be able to see the most popular pavilions.

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Reuters - Sweden has sentenced a Uighur man to a year and four months in prison for spying on a community of Uighur refugees and passing information to agents for the Chinese state, a court document showed Monday.
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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2009 file photo, cars transit on the streets in Shanghai, China. China's passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year earlier in Feburary, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and sport utility vehicles, an industry group reported Tuesday, March 9, 2010.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko file)AP - China’s passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year earlier in February, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and sport utility vehicles, an industry group reported Tuesday.

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Reuters - Any speculation that China might stop supporting the dollar in the next few years is absolute nonsense, a top state banker said.
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People work in the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, about 1,215 km (755 miles) south of Tehran, November 30, 2009. REUTERS/Vladimir SoldatkinReuters - Iran said on Tuesday it hoped China would not give in to pressure to agree to new sanctions that the United States and its allies hope to win U.N. approval for over its nuclear program.

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AP - China’s banks might face risks if finance arms set up by local governments to invest in real estate and infrastructure projects cannot repay heavy borrowing, a deputy central bank governor said Monday.
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National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo, front, delivers a work report during a plenary session of the National People's Congress in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.  (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - China’s top lawmaker said Tuesday that legislative priorities this year would be to improve social security and promote more equitable economic development, but he rejected calls to open up the political system.

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An employee poses with China yuan notes at the Bank of Taiwan head office in Taipei March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Nicky LohReuters - Any rise in the yuan’s exchange rate will be gradual, China’s trade chief said on Monday in comments that underline the competing interests at the heart of Chinese policy-making.

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China Southern Airlines planes are pictured at Beijing Capital International airport. China Southern Airlines, the nation's biggest carrier by fleet size, said it plans to raise 10.75 billion yuan (1.6 billion dollars) to repay bank loans and replenish its capital.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - China Southern Airlines, the nation’s biggest carrier by fleet size, said Tuesday it plans to raise 10.75 billion yuan (1.6 billion dollars) to repay bank loans and replenish its capital.

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Visitors look at the American-born panda Tai Shan walk at the Ya'an Bifeng Gorge Breeding Base in Sichuan province, China, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Freed from quarantine, Tai Shan paced around his new home in southwest China as he was put on public display Tuesday for the first time since his much-anticipated arrival in the country. (AP Photo)AP - After a month in quarantine, American-born panda Tai Shan paced around his new home in southwest China as he was put on public display Tuesday for the first time since his much-anticipated arrival in the country.

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