A growing number of Chinese exporters expect wider use of the yuan in trade settlements to avoid rising exchange-rate risks, after watching export profits dwindle in recent years. "We aim to use the yuan in trade settlements with clients. But most buyers …

The internationalization of the renminbi is the will of the market rather than a government-backed move, People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan was quoted as saying on Monday. "It is the result of the growing power of the nation and its financial …

The internationalization of the renminbi is the will of the market rather than a government-backed move, People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan was quoted as saying on Monday. "It is the result of the growing power of the nation and its financial …

HANGZHOU, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese bus driver has been conferred the honorary title of "revolutionary martyr" for sacrificing his own life to save 24 of his passengers. Wu Bin, a 48-year-old bus driver from the eastern city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang p …

  BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Embassy in Canada has asked relevant Canadian authorities to take effective measures to keep in close contact with the Chinese side and seize the suspect who allegedly murdered a Chinese student studying in Mont …

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BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev arrived in China on Monday evening to attend a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) this week in the capital city of Beijing. It is his first visit to the country si …

BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev arrived in China on Monday evening to attend a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) this week in the capital city of Beijing. It is his first visit to the country si …

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