Xinhua News Agency

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  G-20 Boosts IMF Firewall, Pressures Germany

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 19, 2012

  At the summit meeting of G-20 leaders in Los Cabos, Mexico, the focus was on strengthening the firewall of the IMF and pushing Germany to relent on pooled debt and increasing deficit spending.

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  U.S. Joins in WTO Dispute with China

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 13, 2012

  China, which has about 33% of the world’s resources of rare earths, produces at least 90% of the supply available for manufacturing. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin was cited as saying that China’s policy regarding rare earths complies with WTO rules.

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  China Pledges New Growth in Teeth of Economic Slowdown

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 14, 2011

  China has kicked off a conference on setting policy with a pledge to guarantee continued growth, despite an "extremely grim" global economic outlook for the year to come. Economic stability was at the top of the list, with a number of declarations committed to that objective.

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  Chinese Company Cleared for Limited Rare Earth Trading

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 27, 2011

  Baotou Steel Rare Earth (Group) Hi Tech, which is China's largest producer of rare earths, has obtained government approval from the region of Inner Mongolia to open a rare earth exchange, according to a state media report on Friday.