| Finance & Economics |  |
| Securities Regulator Urges Local Gov'ts to Deal with Illegal Exchanges | |
| CSRC Chair Guo Shuqing said illegal futures exchanges, which have eluded the reach of China's securities watchdog, will now be subject to more scrutiny by local governments | |
| Business & Industry | |
| Gold Output Up in 2011 | |
| Chinese gold output grew by 5.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology | |
| S&P Downgrades Chalco Rating on Weak Financials | |
| Slackened demand for aluminum and higher production costs are set to cut into the company's profit potential, said the ratings agency | |
| Politics & Law | |
| Under Draft Law, Occupational Disease Easier to Prove | |
| A pending law stipulates that workers will have a lower burden of proof when it comes to occupational disease claims | |
| Commentaries | |
| The Basics on Chinese Inbound Investment Deals | |
| Despite the often prominent failures of Chinese companies to acquire U.S. companies, this past year saw even more interest in outbound investment | |
| Video | |
| The Future of Facebook in China | |
| With Facebook banned in China - home to the largest number of Internet users in the world - local netizens have flocked to alternative social media sites like Renren and Weibo. CNBC's Emily Chan sheds light on what Facebook may need to do, to gain access to the mainland. | |
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