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China plans to reduce carbon emissions by 40%, US and Canada to reduce by 17% each
Region: China
China reiterated its support for the Copenhagen Accord and pledged to reduce carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 40 – 45% by 2020 compared to the 2005 level, in a letter to the United Nations. The United States and Canada both pledged to reduce emission by 17% by 2020 using 2005 as the base year to honour the Copenhagen Accord. Canada’s pledge depends on the passage of US legislation. In its sub... more
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China Seen as Outsourcing Hotspot as Companies Seek Improved Delivery Amid Flat Budgets
Region: ChinaOne of China’s top IT outsourcing vendors is Bleum, which offers its services to U.S. and European firms. The firm has released a whitepaper entitled, "Outsourcing to China -- Removing the Risks & Maximize Competitive Advantage" by leading consulting firm Frost and Sullivan. The consensus is that as the effects of the recession tapers off and recovery ensumes, organizations are likely to demand that their... more
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In China, A Professor Tweets Elite Views on Dissident Liu Xiaobo
Region: China
Charter 08 has been around for just over a year and has reportedly gathered more than 10,000 signatures. Liu Xiaobo, one of its founders, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Christmas Day last week. While most of the original 303 signatories to Charter 08 were prominent liberal mainland Chinese public intellectuals, the larger group of people who tend to fall in that category have for several years often been criti... more
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China's Pessimism, skepticism and concern over Copenhagen
Region: China
At the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference now into day 6 in Copenhagen, leaks of competing texts have been followed by Chinese delegates talking tough to representatives from the US to island nations such as Tuvalu, with a proposal from the latter for a Copenhagen Protocol to include stricter emission caps on larger developing nations. Meanwhile, Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs He Yafei had sharp wor... more
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'Impossible' is just a word
Region: ChinaA personal exploration of realism vs. idealism During a recent exchange of emails with the director of a highly effective, and very well respected child welfare NGO, I received the following sobering caution: “As I’m sure you know, media can be complex when you are doing charity work. We try to keep a low profile and a very positive outlook because we are so grateful for the access we ha... more
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Lu Guang Photographs China's Dark Satanic Mills
Region: China
On Oct. 14th, Chinese photographer Lu Guang won this year's $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his photos on China’s environment. The Fund’s website posts the following paragraph describing Lu Guang’s project: Lu Guang has been documenting the ecological disasters in China resulting from the rapid growth of the economy since 2005, focusing on environmental pollution and the... more
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Hummer Sold to Chinese Maker
Region: ChinaThe great American brand hummer is now being sold to a Chinese heavy equipment maker. Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Corp has signed a deal and the brand will be sold to them on Friday. GM has now finalized the deal but still permission from the US and Chinese government is still pending and is yet to be taken. more
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Is Bo Xilai's corruption crackdown good for China?
Region: ChinaWhile results from the ongoing crackdown on corruption in central China's Chongqing municipality have shown the campaign's effectiveness and boosted the popularity of Bo Xilai, the high-ranking CCP official heading it, online discussion has also featured several questions. Such as questioning of the CCP internal discipline ‘double regulation', through which has already led to the death of one high-ranking police... more
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Placido Domingo's golden voice shines in Chengdu
Region: China
Last night, thousands of people in Chengdu were immersed in the golden voice of Placido Domingo when the Spanish tenor was performing on its sole concert in Chengdu, capital city of southwest Sichuan Province. More than 6,000 dressed audience swarmed into Sichuan Gym and witnessed the historical and exciting moments. The concert began with Johann Strauss Sr.'s most famous piece Redetzky March. After the ba... more
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Beijing students protest against October 1st parade rehearsals
Region: China
In the upcoming October 1 celebration of the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing will be mobilizing over one hundred thousands secondary and university students for parades. As it is compulsory for students to participate in the prolong parade rehearsal, some are not happy about it. Apple Daily, a newspapers in Hong Kong, reported on 18 September 2009 that some students are a... more
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