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A power plant in Pinghu, China. A cap-and-trade system would help China to reduce carbon emissions by 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2020. Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images
When it comes to responding to climate change, the contrast between China and the United States is stark.
It has been clear for some time that the Asian powerhouse is...
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Eight executives from two industrial companies have been detained on suspicion of dumping toxic cadmium into the Long River in the Guangxi Zhungzu region, threatening drinking water supplies for millions of people, Reuters said, citing state media. He Xinxing, mayor of Hechi, named Jinhe Mining and Jinchengjiang Hongquan Lithopone Material as the two...
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Cadmium pollution in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has been found downstream of the tainted Liu River at Liuzhou, Xinhua reported. The Guangxi Jinhe mining company is being held responsible for discharging toxic waste that, in mid-January, polluted the Long River, an upstream tributary, killing fish at Hechi city. So far, the river’s upper reaches,...
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Authorities in Hong Kong say a second dead bird in a week has tested positive for the lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the Associated Press said. Laboratory tests confirmed that an Oriental magpie robin was found to be infected. Nearly 20,000 birds were culled at a Hong Kong market and the import and sale of live poultry was banned for three weeks...
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Global warming threatens China’s burgeoning prosperity by reducing crops, shrinking rivers and unleashing more droughts and floods, The Sydney Morning Herald said, citing the Chinese government’s latest climate-change analysis. Fed by greenhouse gases from industry, transport and shifting land-use, the “Second National Assessment Report...
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China and Germany the world's two countries with the the largest trade surpass have built up strong trade partnerships over the last few years and the growing trade between China and Germany will continue for 2012 and the foreseeable future. In 2009 China pasted Germany to become the world's leading exporter and in 2010 China replaced Japan as the World's...
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China's Reminbi is moving towards becoming a reserve currency as China realise the advantages of challenging the world's most important currency the US$ Dollar. With in the next 5 to 10 years the growing stature of the Reminbi will see it become a credible alternative to supplement the US$ as a global reserve currency.
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China’s state planning agency ordered seven provinces and cities to set caps on greenhouse-gas emissions in preparation for the launch of local pilot carbon markets, Reuters reported. Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing and Shenzhen, along with Hubei and Guangdong provinces, were asked by the National Development and Reform Commission to set overall...
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City dwellers in China will be breathing unhealthy air for at least another 20 years despite moves to tighten controls on PM2.5 particulates, The Guardian cited one of the country’s leading haze experts as warning. Wu Dui’s projection – first reported in the Beijing Times – came as Chinese metropolises were poised to begin releasing...
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Authorities in Hong Kong say a second dead bird in a week has tested positive for the lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the Associated Press said. Laboratory tests confirmed that an Oriental magpie robin was found to be infected. Nearly 20,000 birds were culled at a Hong Kong market and the import and sale of live poultry was banned for three weeks after...
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