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China’s Hebei closes more than 8,000 polluting firms in 2013 | Reuters
China shut down 8,347 heavily polluting companies last year in northern Hebei province, which has the worst air in the country, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday, as the government moves to...
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China approves 12 more free trade zones |Economy |chinadaily.com.cn
China\’s central government has given the nod to 12 free trade zones (FTZs) following the one in Shanghai, amid a spurt of nationwide enthusiasm for such schemes. Tianjin Municipality and Guangdong...
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Almost 10,000 Divorces Each Day in China’s Breakup Boom – Businessweek
China is facing a boom in breakups. Almost 10,000 marriages end in divorce every day, a figure that has been growing for the past decade, according to a report in China Daily citing Zhang Shifeng, head...
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Beijing cuts coal use by 7 percent in first half of year – China –...
Beijing cut coal consumption by 7 percent in the first half of 2014 as part of its efforts to tackle smog, the city’s environmental protection bureau said. Beijing is at the front line of a “war on...
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Water consumption: A canal too far | The Economist
THREE years ago the residents of Hualiba village in central China’s Henan province were moved 10km (six miles) from their homes into squat, yellow houses far from any source of work or their newly...
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Airbus aims to double China component sourcing value to $1 billion by 2020 |...
European jet maker Airbus Group NV (AIR.PA) aims to double the annual value of aircraft components it sources from China to $1 billion by 2020, the firm’s China Chief Operating Officer, Rafael...
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Urbanisation: The great sprawl of China | The Economist
IN ANCIENT times, Beijing built towering city walls that helped to prevent undefendable sprawl. These days it builds ring roads, stretching built-up areas ever outwards. Near Langfang, a city halfway...
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Airbus China plant plans to deliver first A330 plane in 2018 | Reuters
Airbus’ (AIR.PA) China plant is expected to deliver its first A330 wide-body passenger jet in 2018, one of the European planemaker’s Chinese partners said on Wednesday. Airbus earlier this month signed...
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China gets Chariots of Fire sequel up and running
The much-loved British film Chariots of Fire about the Scottish runner and missionary Eric Liddell is getting a sequel thanks to his many fans in China. Joseph Fiennes will play Riddell in a new movie...
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Successor to Saab announces $12 billion China electric car deal | Reuters
If this initiative gathers momentum, China will do more for electric cars (and for climate change) than the rest of the world put together! “The China-focussed consortium that bought bankrupt Swedish...
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