An article in the IHT last week raised China's billion-dollar, billion-ton-of-CO2 question: how will a country known for its inimitable capacity for imitation manage to switch to an economy based on innovation and invention? Note that the question is not... ...full story at TreeHugger
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China's Petulance threatens World Economy. »
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China to invest 620 bln yuan to expand urban rail systems » People's Daily China will spend 620 billion yuan (82 billion U.S. dollars) building subways and urban railways in 15 major cities in the next ten years to ease traffic jams, according to the Ministry of Construction. Around 1,700 kilometers of light ... |
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China approves multi-bln-dollar projects amid resolution to spur economy » People's Daily China's State Council on Wednesday approved several projects with a combined investment of more than 200 billion yuan (about 29 billion U.S. dollars) amid efforts to spur the country's economy. The projects included a gas pipeline linking the... |
| 29 Oct 07 |
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Economy, human rights and the West » Richard Spencer I was going to give Big Theme Politics a rest this week after my last few jabs, but a couple of things have made me want to keep at the "China - reforming or not?" question. ICBC: China's biggest bankOne of these is the number of people who who've told me... |
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Light Week @ All Roads Ahead » All Roads Just a quick note to let everyone know the next week is going to be a light one as I am in Copenhagen speaking at a pre-COP15 conference. I still owe you all my thoughts on Obama’s visit, and I am working on that… and another metro post, but... |
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How Far Will China’s Currency Rise Against The Dollar? » The China Expat The RMB has broken through the 7.5 ratio to the dollar. Not surprising given how far the dollar has fallen relative to other currencies around the world - the question remains, how much will the RMB rise in total? What do you think? Note: There is a... |