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China's inflation rises 1.4%
2015-03-10 03:19:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
China's core inflation rate rose 1.4% in February from a year earlier, recovering from a more than five-year low and exceeding most expectations.
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China's War on Air Pollution May Cause More Global Warming
2015-03-09 01:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: China's efforts to improve urban air quality are often viewed as a helper for fighting climate change, but a new joint China-U.S. study says otherwise. The study--carried out by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University in Beijing--was released last week. It shows that China's strategies for cleaning up air do not necessarily lead to carbon dioxide emissions reductions. Sometimes, according to the study, the efforts could actually increase emissions. The...
China's Cybersecurity Plans Draw US Fire
2015-03-05 20:01:54| TechNewsWorld
China should change its tune on new rules for purchases from American high-tech companies if it wants to do business with the United States, President Obama recently warned. China reportedly is planning to ask U.S. high-tech firms to hand over their encryption keys and install security backdoors in their systems to allow surveillance as a counterterrorism measure.
Chinas bursting coal bubble raises fear of stranded assets
2015-03-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: China's love affair with coal has come to an abrupt end, with figures released last week showing that consumption fell in 2014 for the first time in 14 years. A combination of slowing industrial growth and a drive by the government in Beijing finally to take emissions and pollution seriously are the main drivers for the slump in the coal market. The shift in Chinas demand could signal that the worlds second-largest economy has reached peak coal, whereby the country will make a long-term...
New film on China's pollution sparks debate, seen as milestone
2015-03-02 12:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Could "Under the Dome", Chinese journalist Chai Jing's new documentary about pollution, become China's "Silent Spring", the 1962 book that spurred the development of the U.S. environmental movement? Since it was released online on Saturday, the film has been viewed more than 150 million times and has sparked a national debate on environmental problems. "Under the Dome", which explains air pollution in personal, straight-forward terms, was well-timed: this week China's National People's Congress,...
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