Briefs, November 28, 2012

Executive Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said China and the US have "big" potential for co-operation and should break "unreasonable" business barriers. Li, who will be premier in March, was speaking in the Zhongnanhai compound to visiting executives from the US. "It will be important for the world economy if China and the United States, the two major economies, take care of themselves," Li said. Bloomberg

In Guangdong's latest anti-corruption drive, Zheng Beiquan, former deputy mayor and police chief of Yingde city, is being investigated for graft, officials in Qingyuan said. Zheng is accused of taking bribes and causing economic problems. Mimi Lau