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Foreign lenders keen on yuan bonds
By Judy Chen and David Yong (China Daily) Citigroup Inc, HSBC Holdings Plc, Standard Chartered Plc and CIMB Group Holdings Bhd plan to apply to invest in yuan bonds following the People's Bank of China (PBOC) deci...
More 'credit card slaves' trapped by crushing debt
By Ma Chao (China Daily) "The debt collectors are calling me every day. Not too long ago, they even called me at work," said Wang Ying (not her real name). She said the call to her office was pa...
Male big spenders splash their cash
By Karen Yip and Bao Chang (China Daily) Choose pink if you want to be regarded as bold; black to convey sleekness; purple if you want to give a funky impression, and yellow if you are in a cheerful mood. White, h...
EU's massive bailout to affect China
By Xin Zhiming and Lan Lan (China Daily) A nearly $1 trillion rescue package to prevent the Greek sovereign debt crisis spreading in Europe will impact on various facets of the Chinese economy, analysts ha...

Policy bank extends $133.63b loans to western regions
(Xinhua) Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC), one of the country's policy lenders, said Friday it had issued loans of 909 billion yuan ($133.63 billion) to China's western regions since 2000. In...
Ping An, Shenzhen bank announce merger plan
By Qiang Xiaoji (chinadaily.com.cn) Ping An Insurance (Group) Co, China's second-largest insurer listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges, plans to merge its banking unit Ping An Bank with Shenzhen Dev...
S African insurer to buy stake in Ping An Health JV
(Agencies) Discovery Holdings, South Africa's largest health insurer, plans to buy a 20 percent stake in a joint venture with Ping An Insurance for about 200 million yuan ($29 million). Discovery regards ...
Boutique investment banks rising
By Li Xiang (China Daily) In China's multi-billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market, the big domestic investment banks such as the China International Capital Corporation and foreign giants includi...

China Guarantee Industry Report, 2008-2009
Chinese small- and medium-sized enterprises play an important role in the national economy. Guarantee agencies provide an important channel for their financing. From 2002 to 2008, the number of guarantee agencies grew with...
China Financial POS Machine Industry Report, 2009
In recent years, the quantity of network POS machines has increased rapidly in China; in 2008, China had 1.85 million POS machines in all, a 56.2% YoY rise; franchise stores hit 1.18 million, up 59.9% year on year, the hig...
China Insurance Monthly Report � April 2009
China Insurance Monthly Report, a monthly English review co-operated by Chinadaily.com.cn and ResearchInChina.com, brings you the latest news, policies, analysis and statistics on China's insurance market and much more. ...
China Banking Monthly Report � April 2009
China Banking Monthly Report, a monthly English review co-operated by Chinadaily.com.cn and ResearchInChina.com, features the latest news, policies, statistics and analyses from the Chinese banking industry. China Bank...