| China and the agony of the sustainable transition
In July 2006, the Chinese government announced a huge environmental cleanup program, an investment over the next five years that will cost roughly US$100 billion--about 1.5 percent of China's gross domestic product. The money is designed to be spent on sewage treatment systems, end-of-pipe controls, tree planting schemes, and river regulation projects. To put this in context, China is experiencing the kind of environmental mess that characterized a rapidly urbanizing United Kingdom in the late eighteenth century and a resource-exploiting United States in the early nineteenth century [...] |
| Economists voice concern on China economy at CEO summit
SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 21 Kyodo
An interest rate hike in the United States triggered by high oil prices and China's economic imbalance will likely cause instability in the local economy in the next six months, economists at a business conference here said Monday [...]
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| ADB expects China economy to grow 8.5% to 8.9% through 2007
BEIJING, April 6 Kyodo
China's economy will grow 8.5 percent to 8.9 percent from 2005 through 2007, slowing down from 9.5 percent last year, the Asian Development Bank predicted Wednesday in an annual regional forecast [...] |
| WILL AMERICA'S CHINA BASHERS HARM THE US ECONOMY?
UNITED STATES/CHINA
When China's CNOOC withdrew its $18.5 billion all-cash offer to buy US oil company Unocal in early August, it cited "the political environment in the US" as the reason for not sweetening its bid to top a rival offer from Chevron, a major US oil company [...] |
| China: the new automotive frontier - The Business - Industry Overview
In 1997, General Motors outbid its rivals to win Chinese government approval for a joint venture to build a large car in Shanghai. Although the market for private automobiles was nonexistent at the time, GM management was correct in believing that economic expansion would eventually create a middle class having the ability to afford a car [...] |
| Chinese Automaker To Develop Car For Global Market
Automakers have been eyeing the Chinese auto market for years. The said market is steadily growing and this has captured the attention of global automakers. Different automobile manufacturers are currently expanding their presence in the Chinese auto scene. [...] |
| Ford, Toyota Post Strong China Sales
Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp., two of the world's three largest auto makers, reported strong first-half sales in China's fast-growing market. As newcomers in China's auto market, the sales performance was remarkable, analysts said. The performance is boosted by the launch of new product lines which are aimed at attracting more customers. [...] |
| China Making Records in Almost All the Aspects Related to Smoking!
Anti smoking campaigns are gaining huge momentum in all the parts of the world. Due to increasing pressures from organizations like the World Health Organization all the governments of the world are taking steps to put a break to the speed at which cigarette smoke is enveloping the whole of the world and its people. But not all the countries are taking up the no smoking campaigns very happily. In fact many countries are quite reluctant to add fuel to the no smoking campaigns. Among these countries one is the very powerful People's Republic of China [...] |
| Opportunities for Business Travel in China
The ever intensifying nexus of China business enterprises with the trade partners around the world has resulted in some great opportunities [...] |
| China Manufacturers and China Suppliers
Although broadly they are same, China manufacturers fall basically into two categories namely china manufacturers who operate on contracts and china [...] |
| The Real Estate in China Is Booming
China is an incredible destination that provides tourists, investors, and prospective residents with a wealth of opportunities [...] |
