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Top News
Stock answers
"Finally, it feels like freedom from hell," says Li Jianqin, with tears of happiness welling up in her eyes.
Market growth
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Memory Lane
Facelift
While Chinese still thought of black and gray Chairman Mao jackets as the "in" fashion in the late 1970s, French designer Pierre Cardin had ambitions to bring his vision to Beijing.
Local threads
Quick look
Business diary
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Cover
Strong faith
2008 is an uneasy time for China's stock investors, with the market's wild fluctuations beating most analysts' expectation. After the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index peaked at 6,124 points in mid-October of 2007, it nosedived to 2,990 points on April 22, the lowest point in the past 12 months.
Experts' views
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Energy/Environment
Powered up
China's oil, gas and petrochemical industries are growing at double-digit percentages, with a need to meet increased demands.
Setting the pace
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Auto
Coming clean
Rising fuel prices and the energy crisis don't appear to have stemmed Chinese consumers' desire for mobility. However, international and domestic automakers alike are driving to further develop vehicles with more energy efficiency and lower exhaust emissions.
Caution ahead
Bigger still better
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Charity China
The net widens
Seventy-five-year-old pig farmer Zeng Dexin surfs the Internet daily for agricultural information and uses a mobile phone to bargain with material suppliers and dealers.
Making the list
IN BRIEF (Page 8)
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IPR Special
Soaring high
The reputation of China's oldest watch maker, Sea-gull, was on the line in an international arena - in Switzerland no less, a country synonymous with confidential high finance, scenic Alps, posh pocket knives, fine chocolate and, of course, world-class time pieces.
Coming on fast
IN BRIEF (Page 9)
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Local
Three into one
Under bright and warm sunshine, farmers at Kengxi village of Gaoqiao county, which belongs to Fuyang city of Zhejiang province, have been leisurely drying tea leaves as other workers are picking fresh tea leaves in the fields and on a hillside.
Not so smooth
Factoring the future
IN BRIEF (Page 10)
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World News
Good times gone
Caterpillar Inc plans to mark up its earthmoving equipment as much as 5 percent worldwide in July to deal with rising costs for steel, copper and oil, while UK car enthusiasts paid an average of 75,900 pounds ($151,000) for a Range Rover Vogue SE in 2007, a 20 percent jump from 2006. In April, they spent an average of 1.08 pounds per liter to fill it up, 16 percent more than a year earlier.
New from old
Bagging bargains
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Up Close
A global glow
A crisis for some can be a golden opportunity for others. When oil prices broke $100 a barrel at the beginning of this year, many in the market felt gloomy, but Ellis Yan saw the sunshine.
Yin and Yang
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