Industrial News
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Amid the turmoil in Libya, China has evacuated 12,000 -- about one third -- of its citizens living in the oil-rich nation, Reuters cited official media as saying. The Chinese government has encouraged companies to seek business across the developing world, and 75 Chinese firms have operations in Libya, according to the commerce ministry. A team of...
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Apple Inc says audits at 127 production facilities have found labour, safety and other abuses by its suppliers in 2010, Canadian Press reported. In its annual supplier responsibility report, Apple outlines steps taken on abuses such as under-aged workers, involuntary or debt-bonded labour and unsafe handling of dangerous chemicals. Local media cited the “high...
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation warned that severe drought was threatening China’s wheat crop and resulting in shortages of drinking water for people and livestock, The New York Times said. Any move by China, which has essentially been self-sufficient in grain for decades, to import large quantities of food could drive international prices...
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China is ready to start building a series of controversial hydropower plants on the Nu River in Yunnan province, Reuters said, citing state media. Chinese radio quoted a senior energy official as expressing hope that the undammed Nu (or Salween) can be developed under the country’s next five-year plan. A relief and assistance programme for eight...
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Some Himalayan glaciers are advancing despite an overall retreat, according to a study that adds to understanding how climate change affects vital river flows from China to India, Reuters reported. The US and German research found that a blanket of dust and rock debris apparently was shielding some glaciers from a thaw -- a factor omitted from past global-warming...
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A Chinese environmental update
Time is fast running out for the Upper Yangtze Rare and Endemic Fish Nature Reserve to secure public support before it is trimmed, dammed and ruinously diminished, The Guardian reported. Conservationists expressed alarm after officials moved to redraw the boundaries of the reserve to allow construction...
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January 14, 2011
A Chinese environmental update
China and the United Kingdom signed trade deals worth US$4 billion – including agreements on luxury-car sales and oil exploration -- and announced that Beijing will loan a pair of giant pandas to Edinburgh Zoo...
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Population pressure, drought and climate change have made China the world’s biggest victim of desertification, Agence France-Presse quoted state media as saying -- and it could take 300 years to reclaim just one-fifth of desert land. Overgrazing, excessive land reclamation and inappropriate water use add to the problem in the country, where about 27%...
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With Hugh investment from the government China now controls half of the worlds manufacturing of Wind turbines which totals US$45 billion global market, China is following a similar pattern in the turbine industry as in other industries it has dominated....
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As more and more Beijing families can afford cars the Local Officials are losing the fight to avoid traffic gridlock. Officials are holdings meetings to seek public opinion on how to deal with the extra capacity of Cars. Greater investment in Public transport such as buses and trains is a potential way forward as well as building more roads , road tolls and...
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