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Fracking and Chinas Energy Revolution
2014-06-13 02:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
China Digital Times: China`s massive energy demands are expected to keep growing as its oil fields continue drying up, and some estimations have 79% of the country`s oil coming from abroad by 2030. After an exceptionally smoggy year, central authorities have declared "war against pollution" and promised a gradual weaning away from coal-fired power. Amid all this and as global debate around the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" rages on, China`s massive shale gas reserves are becoming an increasingly...
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China's Alibaba plans US online shop
2014-06-11 07:27:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba is launching its first online marketplace in the US - 11Main.com - as it looks to expand its operations outside China.
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Chinas Dynamic Tidal Power facility project moves forward
2014-06-11 01:00:00| Power Technology
The Chinese National Energy Administration has commissioned an economic assessment into the viability of Dynamic Tidal Power (DTP) facility construction off the east coast of China, marking a step head for large scale generation of clean, renewable e
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China's deserts are expanding at an alarming rate. So it's fighting back, with straw mats
2014-06-10 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Global Post: We were surrounded by sand. It stretched in undulating waves to the horizon in all directions. Wei Men, who works for the Baijitan Nature Reserve in Ningxia province, beckoned for us to step down from our desert overlook and take a close-up look at the desert floor. He wanted to show us what officials hope is the future of this arid stretch of China. Ningxia is facing a big problem. A small and relatively poor province, its population is growing and it has ambitions to expand its industry...
China's Anti-Windows 8 Tirade
2014-06-10 20:17:23| TechNewsWorld
China's ambivalence about American technology has long been clear, but recently the nation kicked off what appears to be a fresh, trash-talking effort targeting Windows 8, in particular. First, China banned the OS from its government computers late last month, citing security concerns in the wake of XP's end of life. Then came the suggestion that Windows 8 is a threat to its national security.
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