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China More Than Doubles Renewable Energy Goals

Renewable energy has become even more of an economic and policy focus for China according to VentureBeat.

VentureBeat says that China now has a goal of producing 15 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.While 15 percent might…

[ More ] August 12th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Business |

Global Recovery

Is China leading a global recovery. BusinessWeek says that many international corporations seem to think so.That theme keeps cropping up in recent conversations with CEOs and financial executives. Among the voices extolling the strength of Ch…

[ More ] August 8th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Business |
 

Copper and Steel

Seeking alpha had a couple of interesting pieces earlier this month on how China is impacting two particular commodity markets – copper and steel.

Chna has come close to cornering the market on copper.Enticed by low prices, China stockpiled …

[ More ] July 28th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Business |

Cars and the Coming Car Culture in China

Cars are giving a boost to the Chnese economy. Is that good? Opinions vary…

While U.S. car sales are down so much that GM and Chrysler have both been through Chapter 11, China's car sales for June of this year are up 48% over last year…

[ More ] July 22nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Business |
 

Coming Soon: The NEW Guangzhou

BusinessWeek ran a piece earlier this month in which Guangzhou Party Secretary Zhu Xiaodan is quoted on the city's plans to clean up the Pearl River, restore wetlands and forests, and foster home-grown brands. It was an interesting piece….

[ More ] July 17th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Business |

Baidu Gives e-Commerce a Boost

China search engine Baidu is offering to help Japanese companies support e-commerce inside China, according to Asiajin. Baidu has had a Japanese version of it's search engine since 2007.

Asiajin sees the move as part of an effort to help…

[ More ] July 11th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Business |
 

Guangxi-ASEAN links boost trade by 145%

The Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) region includes the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Guangdong, Yunnan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces, as well as the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions.

[ More ] June 10th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in China |