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Online Stock Market Trading The United States is encouraging China to build its strategic oil reserves because of concerns that the country's rapidly increasing energy demands may threaten the stability of world oil markets.

In this issue, the Great Wall of China. The Wall is the longest structure ever built and was erected entirely by hand. The construction of the Great Wall began in the seventh century B.C. At that time, different Chinese kingdoms built walls for defensive purposes. Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor to unify China in 221 B.C., linked three northern kingdoms' walls to prevent Han invasions. The Wall was then more than 10, 000 li long (a li being about a third of a mile). This is the origin of the name commonly used in China, "10, Li Long Wall." The Great Wall was China's primary protective northern barrier for the next two thousand years.

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Stock Market Game Oct 19, 2004 (AXcess News) Beijing - The United States is encouraging China to build its strategic oil reserves because of concerns that the country's rapidly increasing energy demands may threaten the stability of world oil markets.

The start of a new week on Wall Street has investors wondering if the stock market is indeed recovering after rallying in response to the Federal Reserve's intervention on Friday, day reprieve from weeks of losses. Food Prices Fuel China Inflation Fears Grocery shopping has become a painful experience for Zhang Xueyi. Meat prices have risen 50 percent in the past year, and eggs and other products are not far behind, old railway technician's family to spend a third of its $400 monthly income on food.

Stock Investing Game China's economic boom has put more than five million new cars on the roads this year, helping its oil imports to surge by 37 percent in the past 12 months.This ravenous hunger for oil has triggered concerns in the United States and Europe over what will happen if a crisis disrupts the world oil supply.

Wall Street investors struggled to find any encouraging news Tuesday amid record oil prices and more woes from the already troubled housing sector, leaving major gauges lower for the second straight session.

Journal Prime Rate Street Wall Alan Larson, U.S. under-secretary of State for economic, business and agricultural affairs is visiting Beijing. While his trip is focusing on agricultural trade with China, on Tuesday he mentioned Washington's concerns over energy security to Chinese officials.

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Stock Market News "We think that as China grows as a consumer and importer of oil, it will be important for China to have such stocks and to be prepared to use them cooperatively with other oil importing nations," he said.Advertisement

Stock Investing Basics Chinese state-run media last month reported the government plans to set up a company to build a strategic oil reserve infrastructure at a cost of $12 billion.

Stock Investing Software However, analysts say developing the program promises to be slow.

Stock Market Trading Aside from the high cost of establishing a petroleum reserve, one big obstacle is that China has yet to build adequate storage facilities.

Stock Investing For Dummy Officials with China's National Development and Reform Commission, a planning agency, say it may be 10 years or more before China is able to store a 90-day emergency supply of oil.

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