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A nationwide strike begins in France with workers demanding higher salaries amid increasing inflation in the country. 2022-10-18
President Nayib Bukele requests a minimum wage increase of 20% due to poor Salvadorans suffering from an "onslaught of global inflation". Bukele also orders more food handouts to combat hunger during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The country recently had a government reshuffle, which has put in doubt negotiations for a potential $1 billion financing program from the International Monetary Fund. 2021-07-1
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Beijing for high-level talks with the government of China. She also contacts dissident Chen Guangcheng. 2012-05-2
Year-over-year GDP growth in the People's Republic of China slows to 9.1% for the third quarter of 2011, following government efforts to curb inflation. 2011-10-18
Chinese truck drivers stage a second day of protests in Shanghai at rising inflation. 2011-04-21
China raises its bank reserves requirements as an anti-inflation move, an increase of 50 basis points (half of a percent) effective April 21. 2011-04-17
The Chinese economy grew by 9.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2011 while inflation was 5.4%, the highest level in nearly three years. 2011-04-15
Inflation in the People's Republic of China increases to 4.9 per cent. 2011-02-15
Henan Airlines Flight 8387, carrying 91 people on board, overshoots the runway and bursts into flames in Yichun City in Heilongjiang, northeastern China; at least 43 people are reported dead. 2010-08-24
An Australian mining company signs a $70 billion deal to supply Chinese power stations with coal, in the country's biggest ever export contract. 2010-02-6