<p>A security guard stands watch outside a buildings construction site in Beijing Thursday, March 18, 2010. The World Bank raised its China growth forecast this year to 9.5 percent from 9 percent on Wednesday but said Beijing needs to cool inflation and possible bubbles in real estate prices. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)</p>
March 20, 2010
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March 20, 2010 9 p.m.
China leader defends trade policies
BEIJING - China vowed to remain alert to any renewed signs of economic crisis and forcefully defended its currency, trade and more assertive foreign policies as helping global rebalancing, not undermining it.