CHINA-WIRE

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Archive for July, 2009

China’s long road to realizing fair employment

The Ministry of Education recently announced that the employment rate of college graduates was as high as 68 percent. According to official figures, out of 6.11 million recent graduates, 4.15 million ... Read More

Brazil to host China, Portuguese-speaking countries business meeting

Brazil will host the Forum on Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries in August, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brazil) said Thursday.... Read More

Beijing tightens vehicle exhaust

As of Oct 1, motor vehicles registered outside Beijing that fail to meet exhaust emissions standards will be banned from entering the capital. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said Thursday th... Read More

Govt may wield green axe on more small coal power plants

China’s ongoing efforts to close down small thermal power units will not hurt the country’s power supply and economic development, a senior energy official said yesterday. With the shut-do... Read More

Poor areas to get free legal aid

A volunteer group of 30 lawyers and 70 law school graduates left Beijing Thursday bound for 70 counties without lawyers in remote western areas to offer legal aid services. They will work there for on... Read More

Govt taken to court over pollution

China is set to see its first lawsuit by an environmental interest group against a government department within a month, a local judge said Thursday. On Tuesday, Qingzhen municipal people’s cour... Read More

Villagers protest chemical plant in C. China

Villagers took to the streets again Thursday in Zhentou township, Hunan province, to protest detentions during the previous day’s demonstrations against pollution problems caused by a chemical p... Read More

China a major target of trade protectionism: Official

China can expect to be a major target of rising trade protectionism - particularly from the United States and India - as the world struggles to recover from the global financial crisis, the Ministry o... Read More

Small Coal Power Plants Closed ahead of Schedule

China shut down small coal-fuelled power plants with a total generating capacity of 54.07 million kilowatts from 2006 China shut down small coal-fuelled power plants with a total generating capacity o... Read More

China’s Monetary Policy Dilemma

China’s central bank has found itself stuck in a dilemma as to what to do in regard to current monetary policy. Last week, Caijing, a well-known financial magazine, reported that the People̵... Read More

Chinese Embassy donates text books to university of Ghana

The Chinese Embassy on Friday donated about 600 textbooks to the faculty of Arts and the Balme Library of University of Ghana to assist in the teaching of Chinese. This follows the signing of a memora... Read More

China’s long road to realizing fair employment

The Ministry of Education recently announced that the employment rate of college graduates was as high as 68 percent. According to official figures, out of 6.11 million recent graduates, 4.15 million ... Read More

I’ve seem the devastation of climate change

I boarded “The Arctic Sunrise” on the west coast of Greenland, and immediately heard “We are running against time!” The speaker was Melanie Duchin, a climate campaigner from Greenpeace USA, ... Read More

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