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Analysis - Suntech funding prospects darken after fraud disclosure
- China's Suntech Power Holdings , the world's biggest solar panel maker but facing an acute financing shortfall, saw its funding prospects darken further after it disclosed this week it had probably been defrauded.
IOC says asks NOCs to probe badminton coaches
LONDON - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has asked the national delegations of China, South Korea and Indonesia to investigate the role of their badminton coaches in a match-throwing scandal that led to the disqualification of eight players.
Chinese shuttler quits, Games host judo diplomacy
LONDON - The Olympic play-to-lose badminton fiasco took a fresh twist when China's Yu Yang quit the sport in anguish, and later on Thursday black belt President Vladimir Putin and British leader David Cameron will grapple over Moscow's position on Syria in a day of judo diplomacy.
Chinese investors buy into Inter Milan football club
MILAN - A group of Chinese investors will pay 55 million euros (43 million pounds) for a 15 percent stake in Inter Milan, becoming the second-biggest shareholder of the Italian premier league football club, sources close to the situation said.
China cuts fees, urges share buybacks to revive ailing market
SHANGHAI - China's securities regulator stepped up efforts to restore confidence in the country's sagging equities markets on Thursday, making another round of cuts to transaction fees and encouraging companies to buy back their own stock.
UPDATE 3-China cuts fees, urges share buybacks to revive ailing market
* China regulator says to cut stock, futures trading fees
China central bank vows to ensure steady credit growth
BEIJING - China's central bank on Thursday pledged to guarantee steady expansion in money supply and credit to cushion the world's second-largest economy against stiff global headwinds.
Typhoon batters Taiwan, kills 5; China on alert
TAIPEI - Torrential rain triggered landslides and flooding across Taiwan on Thursday, killing five people and injuring 15, as Typhoon Saola skirted the island's east and north coasts and headed towards China.
Fears of new property curbs sink shares in China, Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Aug 2 - China shares resumed their downward spiral on Thursday, hurt by steep losses for property developers that dragged down on the Hong Kong market, after state-run media reported there could be fresh curbs, which would hit the sector.
Adidas fans fears of slowdown after Olympics boost
FRANKFURT - World No.2 sporting goods maker Adidas reported a slowdown in sales growth in China and Europe, fuelling fears that demand could fade after a summer of sporting events it expects will boost 2012 earnings towards the top of its target range.
Reuters Breakingviews
The China Files
Can China keep up the astonishing growth rate it has witnessed in the past three decades? And if not, what strain will this put on the country's political system? Reuters Breakingviews editor Hugo Dixon looks at China's future in this series. Commentary
Are African governments suppressing art?
The dust is finally settling on the storm that was kicked off in South Africa by a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
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