As China's Economy Grows, Pollution Worsens Despite New Efforts to Control It The New York Times | BEIJING — China, the world’s most prodigious emitter of greenhouse gas, continues to suffer the downsides of unbridled economic growth despite a raft of new environmental initiatives. | The quality of air in Chinese cities is increasingly tainted by coal-burning power plants, grit from...
IMF Report Urges China to Consume More Wall Street Journal By ANDREW BATSON | BEIJING—China's trade surplus is set to balloon again unless the government takes more steps to support domestic consumption, including letting its currency strengthen, the International Monetary Fund warned in its annual rev...
National and Labour singing the same old economic Scoop Friday, 30 July 2010, 10:10 am | Press Release: New Zealand Alliance Party | National and Labour singing the same old economic song | The Alliance Party says National and Labour are squabbling over meaningless details of economic policy while the gap...
New Zealand woman to be president of Zonta Scoop Friday, 30 July 2010, 9:54 am | Press Release: Zonta | New Zealand woman to be president of Zonta | 30 July 2010 | International service organisation Zonta has appointed its first ever Kiwi president – Wellingtonian Lynn McKenzie. | Zonta Inte...
Shanghai shares hit 2-month high; HK lower in choppy trade Asahi News | HONG KONG/SHANGHAI--Shanghai stocks rose to a two-month high on Thursday with steel companies rallying on expectations of the government maintaining its loose monetary policy through 2010. The index was up 0.5 percent by midday. | Hong Kong's bench...
OSHA: 2 Illinois grain bin deaths were preventable Fresno Bee | The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/29/2022973/osha-2-illinois-grain-bin-deaths.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | 2 die after getting trapped inside Ill. grain bin 2 die aft...
Worker killed in accident at W.Va. coal mine Fresno Bee | The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/29/2022927/worker-killed-in-accident-at-wva.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | 2 bodies found in flooded China mine that traps 11 2 bodies...
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Unease in Tibet Over Influx of China's Money and Migrants Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | LHASA, Tibet -- They come by new high-altitude trains, four a day, cruising 1,200 miles past snow-capped mountains. And they come by military truck convoy, lumbering across the r...
World of wonder Irish Times | JOANNE HUNT | Beside sea the place to be | BESIDE THE sea is the place to be this weekend as Dún Laoghaire celebrates the 10th Festival of World Cultures. | Singers, dancers and ...
Expert sees China from the outside China Daily | BRUSSELS - He listens to English radio on the way to work. He watches CNN during dinner at home. And he reads an English newspaper at bedtime. | Since last year, 54-year-old Chen Baosheng, a rising leader of opinion in China, takes two hours from h...
Jollibee sets up commissary in China Malaya | Jollibee Foods Corp. (Jollibee) said it is putting up a new commissary in China to supply products to its food business in that country. | Jollibee’s unit Jollibee Worldwide Pte. Ltd. signed the joint venture agreement with Hua Xia Harvest Holdin...
China central bank sees growing downward pressure on economy The Times Of India China faces growing downward pressure on economic growth, but there is no need to worry, Zhang Jianhua, the head of the research bureau with the central People's Bank of China, said on Wednesday. | Zhang mentioned central government tightening on pro...
Massey: Mining to resume at W.Va. mine Fresno Bee | - AP Business Writer Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/28/2021671/massey-mining-to-resume-at-wva.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | Massey Energy reports $88.7M Q2 loss Massey Energy reports $8...
Expanding crime and punishment in Tibet The Jordan Times | China has been widely criticised for its harsh treatment of almost any form of political dissent in Tibet. In 2008, for example, a Tibetan named Wangdu, an AIDS educator in Lhasa, received a life sentence for sending news about Tibetan protests to Tibetans abroad. The logic was clear: preserve what China’s leaders call “stability” and “harmony” i...
