Dubai, an oasis in the Persian Gulf, has woken up to a debt crisis of its state-owned investment flagship Dubai World.

Questions are raised: Will the crisis hamper the world economic recovery and spill over to the global financial sector? will it trigger another economic meltdown? The latest development of the crisis is as follows:

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? China indices likely to shrug off Dubai debt woes

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? China State Construction says not exposed to Dubai debt crisis

? China banks: no holding of Dubai World bonds

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