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Changing China: How Beijing's crackdowns are impacting business
2021-09-30 01:16:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Businesses are under intense scrutiny as President Xi attempts to narrow China's wealth gap.
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Ricardo to assist in final phase development of Beijing's maglev line
2017-10-17 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Engineering firm Ricardo is set to be involved in the development of the final phase of the new maglev S1 line in Beijing, China.
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Oil & the Philippines: will the Hagues South Sea ruling silence Beijings claims?
2016-10-12 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The Permanent Court of Arbitration has ruled that Chinas territorial claim to the vast majority of the South China Sea is invalid, boosting the Philippines' right to develop oil and gas deposits off its west coast. But with China stating that it wil
Household fuels a major contributor to Beijing's infamous air pollution
2016-06-27 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: "You cannot have a clean outdoor environment if a large percentage of the population is burning dirty fuels in households several times a day," said Kirk Smith, a professor with the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health who co-led the study with Tong Zhu of Peking University and Denise Mauzerall of Princeton University. "The smoke may start indoors, but soon leaves the house and becomes a significant part of regional air pollution." Beijing's polluted air came to international...
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Beijings red alert for smog requires a 3-day forecast
2015-12-19 05:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Junior College: Residents wore protective masks as they walked through the thick haze of gray smog that shrouded Beijing`s skyline. Schools closed and rush-hour roads were much quieter than normal as the alert closed many factories and imposed restrictions to keep half the city`s vehicles off the roads. Although many other cities in China and elsewhere in the world typically see levels of smog even worse than Wednesday`s pollution in Beijing, the Chinese capital`s latest bout of smog has triggered its first...
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