BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's current account surplus widened sharply to 69.6 billion U.S. dollars in the second quarter of the year, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said on Tuesday. This means the surplus under the country's current account, a measure of its foreign trade, more than doubled between April and June from the first quarter's 28.8 billion U.S. dollars, according to preliminary statistics released by the SAFE. For the capital and financial account, Ch ...

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