 | Chinese walk past a branch office of the China Development Bank in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 24, 2007. China Development Bank (CDB), a major state-owned policy bank, has signed a purchase agreement and a cooperation memorandum with Barclays Bank to buy ABN Amro Bank, a state news agency reported Monday. Barclays said in a statement earlier that it would team up with CDB and Temasek Holdings Ltd. of Singapore to increase its offer for ABN Amro to US$93.2 billion. click to open  |
 | Chinese workers work in a steel factory in Laiwu, east China's Shandong province, January 3, 2006. China's economy grew 9.8 percent in 2005, a vice minister was quoted as saying on Sunday, revising up an earlier estimate and again confounding forecasts that the country's racing output growth had begun to slow at last. click to open |
 | A woman works on a production line at a textile factory in Huaibei, in east China's Anhui province, September 26, 2005. U.S. and Chinese textile negotiators will hold talks in Washington on September 26-27 to see if they can reach a bilateral textile deal, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office said. click to open |
 | A Chinese man works on the scaffolding of a construction site at the Central Business District in China's capital Beijing September 9, 2005. China's economy in the third quarter of 2005 will grow an estimated 9.3 percent from a year earlier, a top government think-tank said in a report cited by the China Securities Journal on Friday. click to open |
 | A Chinese worker mops the floor at an exhibition hall against a backdrop of buildings in Shanghai August 16, 2005. China's central bank issued a fresh warning on the property sector on Monday, telling lenders to tighten their checks on loans to developers and buyers of luxury homes to help stave off a potential housing market bubble. click to open |
 | A man walks in front of apartment complex buildings Tuesday Aug. 16, 2005 in Shanghai, China. China faces a potential property 'bubble' whose bursting could leave banks with huge losses, the central bank said in a report seen Tuesday , the government's frankest assessment so far of the risks from inflated real estate prices. click to open |
 | A man walks in front of apartment complex buildings Tuesday Aug. 16, 2005 in Shanghai, China. China faces a potential property 'bubble' whose bursting could leave banks with huge losses, the central bank said in a report seen Tuesday, the government's frankest assessment so far of the risks from inflated real estate prices. click to open |
 | Two people walk past a mural showing planned developments in Beijing. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China fell 3.42 percent in the first seven months of the year, official data showed. click to open |
 | Chinese workers stitch garments at a factory in Ningbo Aug 15h 2005. China's industrial output rose 16.1 percent from a year earlier in July, a slowdown suggesting curbs on real estate investment have helped brake the blistering economy. click to open |
 | The new Boeing 787 jet. Four Chinese airlines signed contracts worth 5.04 billion dollars to buy 42 of Boeing's new-generation 787 planes, the first firm orders for the jet from China with more on the way, officials said on Aug 8th 2005. click to open |
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