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
