Beijing - China's two stock market indices climbed sharply on Monday as analysts said they expected the government to introduce more measures to stimulate the economy.

The key Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks shares traded in local and foreign currencies, gained 43.35 points, or 2.25 per cent. to close at 1,971.01 points.

The smaller Shenzhen Component Index also climbed by 3.14 percent, or 15.86 points, ending the day's trading at 520.38 points

Beijing - China on Monday reported a 9-per-cent growth in its estimated gross domestic product for July to September, maintaining fast but marginally slower expansion despite global financial woes.

Estimated GDP growth was down from 10.6 per cent in the first quarter and 10.1 per cent in the second quarter of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics said.

Bureau spokesman Li Xiaochao said the global financial crisis and economic recession had begun to have a "negative impact" on China.

Macau - Tougher visa controls on mainland Chinese visitors led Macau to post a 10 per cent fall in gaming revenue in the third quarter from the previous quarter, a media report said Monday.

The July-September figure of 25.98 billion patacas (3.25 billion dollars) was down from 28.88 billion patacas in the second quarter, the South China Morning Post said.

Data from the Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau showed that while third quarter revenue rose by 27.76 per cent year-on-year, the pace of growth had slowed compared with the 54.6 per cent surge between January and June.

Islamabad - Pakistan's foreign minister said on Saturday that China will help the country to build two more nuclear power reactors to overcome its energy crisis.

An agreement was signed during President Asif Ali Zardari's recent visit to China, Shah Memhood Qureshi told a news conference in Islamabad.

"These two new units will increase electricity production by 680 megawatts, which will have positive effect on Pakistani economy," he said.

Islamabad, Oct 18 : Pakistan security forces last evening recovered one of the two abducted Chinese engineers in northwestern parts of the country. ISPR’s in-charge in Swat Nadeem Ahmed confirmed that the recovered Chinese engineer was safe and healthy.

Taliban spokesman in Swat Muslim Khan also confirmed that one Chinese engineer had fled, while “the second was re-arrested”, reported the Chinese news agency Xinhua.

The freed engineer was flown to Islamabad by a military helicopter hours after he was rescued, added the report.

Taipei - Taiwan Saturday barred the import of Chinese-made ammonium bicarbonate, an ingredient used for baking, in yet another ban related to China's toxic chemical-tainted food scandal, a senior health official said.

"We have found concentrations of 70 to 300 parts per million of melamine in the Chinese-made ammonium bicarbonate, which is a rising agent used as baking soda," said Cheng Shou-hsia, deputy director-general of the Department of Health.

"For this, we have barred the import of ammonium bicarbonate from China and the use of such ingredient in any of our food products effective today," he said.