BEIJING — One of China’s top leaders has told Chinese Catholics that they need to operate “independently” of outside forces and promote socialism and patriotism through religion. Yu Zhengsheng’s Thursday speech came at the end…
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China's central bank denies yuan broke 7.0000/dollar on Dec. 28 – microblog
BEIJING China’s central bank on Wednesday rejected a media report that the yuan had weakened beyond the 7.0000 per dollar level in the onshore market on Dec. 28, calling the report “irresponsible”. The yuan traded…