World Bank boosts China growth forecast to 8.4% China Daily | BEIJING: The World Bank raised its 2009 growth forecast for China from 7.2 percent to 8.4 percent but warned Wednesday a sustained recovery will require a shift in the economy to emphasize consumer spending instead of industry and investment. | The strength of China's rebound led the bank to incre...
Evergrande fires up frenzy Hong Kong Standard Evergrande Real Estate (3333) thrilled the market yesterday with the most spectacular debut of a property IPO this year. | //--> Mandy Lo | Friday, November 06, 2009 | ADVERTISEMENT | Evergrande Real Estate (3333) thrilled the market yesterday with t...
Benoy wins UK business award China Daily | Benoy, a London-based building design firm with an office in Shanghai, won the "Company of the Year" award Tuesday night at the second annual British Business Awards. | Organized by the British Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, the other winners this...
Dow Chemical, Shenhua Revive $10 Billion China Project ABC News November 5, 2009 | BEIJING (Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co and Shenhua Group, China's largest coal miner, will reportedly move ahead with their planned $10 billion coal-to-chemical project in Shaanxi province after a delay of at least one year. | Top exe...
Otis sets up elevator plant in Chongqing China Daily | Elevator maker Otis is setting up a new factory in the southwestern city of Chongqing to capitalize on the burgeoning growth in the industrial region. | "We want to be closer to our customers and market," Didier Michaud Daniel, president of Otis El...
China Green Agriculture, Inc. Launches Three New Fertilizer Products redOrbit Posted on: Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 06:00 CST | XI'AN, China, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Green Agriculture, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CGA; "China Green Agriculture" or "the Company"), a leading producer and distributor of humic acid ("HA")...
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Japanese PM hopes to meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama WorldNews.com Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama sent a message to the visiting Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama through a group of Japanese lawmakers Sunday saying he i...
China looks to export censorship BBC News | A few days before the start of this year's Melbourne International Film Festival its executive director received an "audacious" telephone call. | An official from China...
CNPC begins work on oil port in Myanmar China Daily | China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's largest oil and gas producer, commenced construction of an oil port in Myanmar on Oct 31, the company said yesterday on its website. This is part of a move to bypass the congested Malacca Straits ...
Timbuktu – city in the middle of nowhere The News International Part I Random thoughts | Wednesday, November 04, 2009 | Dr A Q Khan | While we were studying geography at school, I came across two names that always fascinated me, and it almost became an obsession with me to see them one day. The two places of my d...
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 By Dr A Q Khan The News International While we were studying geography at school, I came across two names that always fascinated me, and it almost became an obsession with me to see them one day. The two places of my dreams were Timbuktu in Mali (Africa) and Lhasa in Tibet (China). Timbu...
China electrifies urban transit Asia Times | By Ryan Rutkowski | Chinese companies such as Zhengzhou Yutong Bus and Anhui Ankai Automobile China, whose vehicles serve an urban market two times as big as the entire population of the United States, are set to lead the world in making public bus...
Beijing's 'Marshall Plan' The New York Times | China's foreign policy is about to change, and not entirely by choice. | The country's engagement with the developing world has accelerated markedly in the wake of the economic crisis. And for all the focus on Beijing's relationship with Washington, it is Beijing's relationship with the emerging world's capitals, from Cairo to New Delhi, that may...