U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012.  REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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China c.bank chief says get ready for the worst

BEIJING | Thu Dec 4, 2008 9:06am EST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, told Thursday's opening session of the cabinet-level Sino-American "Strategic Economic Dialogue" to prepare for the worst scenario, a PBOC official told reporters.

Officials said Zhou later flew to the United States for reasons that were not disclosed.

Zhou expressed confidence that China could sustain economic growth and financial stability but said there was a need for "timely, effective and pre-emptive measures" to tackle the deepening financial and economic crisis, Jin Qi, head of the PBOC's international department, said.

(Reporting by Langi Chiang; Writing by Alan Wheatley; Editing by Ken Wills)

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