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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: consumption stimulus to extend into 2010

Stimulus policies spurring Chinese domestic consumption will be maintained in 2010, while high sales growth of home appliances and automobiles due to the stimulus packages will not affect consumption, analysts predict [...]
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China, Technology and the Environment: Electricity bills to jump for Chinese industries

China announced a 5.7 percent increase in electricity prices for businesses and industries and said it will adjust residential tariffs early next year through a new pricing mechanism to promote energy savings [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Passenger car sales peak in October/2009

China's automobile market continued its robust growth in October, with passenger vehicle sales clocking a year-on-year growth of 79.6 percent, and provided enough indications that China is well on its way to occupy the top perch as the largest automobile market in the world [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Vehicle sales hit record high in August of 2009

Domestic passenger vehicle sales in China hit a new record high in August of 2009, nearly doubling over last year, far beyond industry expectations [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: auto sales surpass 1.08 million units in July/2009

Sales of China's domestically made automobiles totaled 1.09 million units in July, up 63.57 percent compared with the same period of last year, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said recently [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: spending still strong and accelerating

The increase in China's retail sales volume exceeded 20 percent year on year in the last eight months and is still accelerating, enough to sustain economic growth above 9.5 percent for the rest of the year, a HSBC report said. According to the report 'China Economic Spotlight' released on recently, consumer spending has performed strongly despite the slowing economy, the disastrous earthquake and the cancellation of the May Day golden week...
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: auto sales up 17% in first half of 2008

China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said on recently that between January and June 2008, the country sold 3.61 million passenger motor vehicles, a growth of 17.07 percent over the same period a year previous. The growth rate, however, was 5.19 percentage points lower than the 22.26 percent level recorded in the same period last year [...]
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