Archive for March, 2009
US praises China’s efforts on climate
The rare US praise of China’s efforts to combat climate change suggests the US may be taking a positive approach to the matter, experts said yesterday. US special envoy on climate change Todd Stern said on Sunday in Bonn, ... Read More
2nd navy fleet to sail for Somali waters
A second group of Chinese navy escort ships will set sail for the Gulf of Aden Thursday to replace a flotilla sent earlier to guard against pirates. 2nd navy fleet to sail for Somali waters “Haikou” vessel of ... Read More
Huawei funds a Bangladeshi university $3 mln wireless communication lab
Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd., under its corporate social responsibility program, funded Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) a 3 million U.S. dollars wireless communication laboratory. Vice ... Read More
China to bolster image as responsible big nation
China has always worked together with the international community to safeguard global economic and financial stability ever since the outbreak of global financial crisis. As a very responsible big nation, it has taken an active ... Read More
Sinopec may build four refined oil stockpile bases
Sinopec Corp, the country’s largest oil refiner, is considering building four refined oil stockpile bases, the company’s president said on Monday. The company may also take charge of construction of two national ... Read More
Norway to buy carbon credits from Shenhua Group
The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has signed an agreement to buy carbon credits from Shenhua Group, China’s largest coal miner, under the clean development mechanism (CDM), a statement on the State-owned Assets ... Read More
Pollution Monitors: Lights, Camera, Inaction
In the old days, pollution specialists for Taizhou’s Environmental Protection Bureau monitored effluent and emission sources by physically traveling across this Zhejiang Province city, from one site to another. Today, a ... Read More
Time to rethink regional security cooperation
East Asia does not have a unified multilateral security regime like the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and it will unlikely see such a system in the near future. The existing security regime in East Asia ... Read More
China: No Longer Just a Quiet Listener
In a warm-up for the G20 summit this week in London, China’s top financial officials called for reform of global financial monitoring system, the establishment of a super-sovereign reserve currency, a replacement of the ... Read More
China has already constructed 2.85 billion square meters of energy-saving buildings
Chinese cities and towns nationwide have already constructed a total of 2.85 billion square meters of energy-saving buildings, accounting for 16.1 percent of existing construction space. According to Qiu Baoxing, Vice Minister ... Read More
BP Migas: Indonesia may send gas to China in June
Indonesia may carry out the first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Tangguh project in Papua to China’s Fujian province in June, Indonesia’s oil watchdog BP Migas said here Monday. Indonesia is expected ... Read More
UN official: China can act as role model on water resources management
A senior UN official said that while there are many problems with the management of global water resources, they are not insurmountable and China can act as a role model in the field. Olcay Unver, coordinator of the United ... Read More
China’s Chalco says profit down 99% in 2008
Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd. (Chalco), reported a 99.9 percent plunge in full-year net profit to 9.2 million yuan (US$1.35 million) in 2008, due to product price fluctuations on the international market, the ... Read More