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TO THE POINT: China's financial markets remained stable in 2007,the central bank said, but the stock market stumbled on the heelsof international market fluctuations. Food supplies were in short-age as the blizzard in southern provinces blocked transportationand destroyed farm produce. China Minmetals moved abroadto Canada for gold and copper, while the South Korean LotteShopping looked to China for the supermarket boom.