Topic: China
Seoul urged Beijing to crack down on illegal fishing and growing violence by Chinese boat crews, after China's foreign ministry expressed regret over the killing of a coastguard officer.The South Korean officer was fatally stabbed on Monday, and a colleague wounded, as ...
LAIYUAN, China (Reuters)- China's Great Wall is falling victim to development as legal and illegal mines tear vast chunks out of the hills below the landmark, conservationists warn.Voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, the 6,400 km (4,000 mile) ...
US industrial group Honeywell and China's Sinochem have agreed to form a 50-50 joint venture to make and sell energy-efficient foam insulation in China, the two companies announced Monday.The joint venture will produce HFC-245fa, a non-ozone-depleting rigid foam blowing agent used in ...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An extremely rare South China tiger has been killed by another on a South African reserve dedicated to saving the species from extinction, the conservation group behind the project said.Save China's Tigers said on its web site the incident ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has made qualifications more stringent for fuel-saving vehicle subsidies, part of efforts to cut emissions in the world's biggest auto market.Cars will be eligible for the 3,000-yuan ($470) subsidies only if they consume 6.3 liters of gas or ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Copper's vital role as an electrical conductor will fire demand from renewable energy and technology industries even while the high price of the metal forces other industries to turn to aluminum as a substitute.As the cost of power escalates, ...
"China To Get Tougher in Energy Saving, Emission Reduction: BEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) - China will resort to more legal, technical and fiscal measures for greater progress in energy saving and emission reduction over the next 5 years, said officials attending the ...
China is moving very fast toward green economic growth, Niels Bjoern Christiansen, president and CEO of Danfoss, the Denish industrial-controls company which has made China one of its core markets, told Xinhua in a recent interview. During the interview with Xinhua, Christiansen ...
Investigators probing a fire that ravaged a downtown Shanghai high-rise apartment, killing at least 53 people, say an energy-saving project that used illegal contracts, unsafe materials and unqualified workers is mainly to blame.. Officials have not said how many they believe are ...
Construction disasters in New Delhi, Shanghai that killed 119 reveal risks of breakneck growthTwo of Asia's most dynamic and fast-growing cities were struck within hours by disasters that devastated a pair of apartment blocks and underscored the challenges faced by both China ...
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