Google's threat to pull out of China over what it claims to be cyber attacks has left millions of Chinese users concerned - and analysts described the move as the company's strategy to put pressure on the Chinese government.

Exports of mechanical and electrical products, which account for more than half of the nation's export volume, are expected to increase by 10 percent in 2010, a senior government official said yesterday.

Bilateral trade between China and Saudi-Arabia could "far exceed" the goal of $60 billion by 2015 and further strengthen trade ties with the Middle Eastern region, said experts yesterday.

In one of the coldest weekends this winter, classrooms where applicants sat for an entrance exam to postgraduate courses were hot spots.

China's passenger vehicle market ended last year with a 59 percent year-on-year sales increase to surpass the United States as the world's largest auto market for the first year, thanks to the central government's stimulus package.