SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Beijing broadened its investigations into construction projects in its latest attempt to cool the economy, as leaders in neighboring South Korea met Friday to plot strategies for coping with a possible slowdown.
Taking aim once again at sectors it says are overheated due to excess investment, China's Cabinet ordered a nationwide examination of most construction projects that will focus on the steel, aluminum and cement industries, state media reported.
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