China overtakes Germany in wind power

2010-04-13 11:21:24

China overtook Germany last year to become the world's second largest producer of wind power behind the United States, global wind energy producers said Monday.

China to dominate culture of internet, report says

2010-04-08 11:02:10

China will become the dominant cultural force influencing the look and feel of the internet, supplanting the US as the guiding light of the digital world, suggests a global study reported by the Australian.

USTR takes aim at China in trade barrier reports

2010-04-01 10:49:36

China retains a raft of non-tariff barriers, including tax rebates and quotas, that discriminate against foreign manufactured and farm goods, the US Trade Representative's office said on Wednesday in its annual report to the US Congress.

Pew report: China leading in clean energy spending

2010-03-26 13:25:02

China has taken the lead in investments in clean energy, spending nearly double what the US did in 2009, as it ramps up projects in both renewable and traditional energy, a report said Thursday.

World Bank says China should grow 9.5 pct in 2010

2010-03-18 10:10:09

The World Bank raised its China growth forecast this year to 9.5 percent from 9 percent on Wednesday but said Beijing needs to cool inflation and possible bubbles in real estate prices.

China says water pollution double official figure

2010-02-10 13:55:21

A new Chinese government survey of the country's environmental problems has shown water pollution levels in 2007 were more than twice the government's official estimate, largely because agricultural waste was ignored.

China-Japan scholars' report completed

2010-02-01 14:01:31

After three years of joint research and academic exploration, a "joint report on Sino-Japanese history" has been completed.

China could overtake US by 2020: PWC

2010-01-21 10:13:07

China could overtake the United States to become the world's largest economy as early as 2020, a top business consultancy said on Thursday, underlining the "seismic change" in global economic power.

Children in China sickened by school pressure—study

2010-01-20 11:51:03

A third of primary schoolchildren in China are suffering from psychological ill-health as a result of classroom stress and parental pressure, according to a study published on Tuesday.

Asia faces two economic challenges - IMF

2009-11-27 09:48:36

Asia has rebounded fast from the depth of the global crisis. Initially, the region was hit extremely hard, with output in most countries shrinking by much more than even those nations at the epicenter of the crisis.

IMF: Resore health to financial system

2009-11-27 09:27:59

The Global Financial Stability Report provides semiannual assessments of global financial markets and addresses emerging market financing in a global context.

IMF: Global recession is ending

2009-11-27 08:58:37

The global recession is ending, but the recovery will be slow, the International Monetary Fund said in its latest World Economic Outlook, warning against premature exit from accommodative monetary and fiscal policies.