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North Korea looks to spur free-trade zoneSeoul (UPI) Dec 17, 2009 North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il made a visit to the country's sputtering free-trade zone for the first time since its foundation two decades ago in an apparent bid to woo much-needed foreign capital. Kim made an "on-spot" guidance tour of the Rason free economic and trade zone on the country's northern tip bordering China and Russia, the North's official Central News Agency ... read more |
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Beijing (UPI) Dec 17, 2009 While the Chinese government is embracing energy efficiency and investing in new green technology, China continues to burn coal at record rates. Between 2002 and 2007 China doubled its coal consumption, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. This year, China is on track to burn 3 billion tons of coal, nearly three times as much as the second-largest consumer, the United ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 16, 2009China's Vice President Xi Jinping wrapped up a three-day Japan visit Wednesday with a trip to a former heavy industry centre that has cut down on pollution and developed a cleaner robotics sector. Xi, who is expected to succeed Hu Jintao as president in 2012, visited the southwestern city of Kitakyushu before he travels to South Korea on a regional tour that will also take him to Cambodia ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 17, 2009China's steel industry said Thursday it "firmly opposes" BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's iron ore joint venture, branding it a "monopoly in disguise". The merger of BHP and Rio's iron ore operations in Australia "goes against fair competition principles" and Beijing should use anti-monopoly measures to stop the deal, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said in a statement. ... more |
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Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Negotiators worked through the night Tuesday to prevent a UN climate summit from ending in catastrophic failure after developing nations staged a five-hour walkout and China accused the West of trickery. As the White House said Barack Obama wants a deal that imposes "meaningful steps" to combat global warming, ministers admitted they had to start making giant strides before 120 heads of ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2009China warned Tuesday that UN refugee programmes "should not be a haven for criminals" and said 22 Uighurs who are seeking asylum in Cambodia were involved in crimes. A foreign ministry spokeswoman said China was investigating the Uighurs, who include three children and who arrived at the UN refugee agency office in Phnom Penh after fleeing ethnic conflict in northwest China in July. ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Dec 15, 2009 Tibet's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, scientists say. Black soot is probably responsible for as much as half of the glacial melt and greenhouse gases responsible for the rest, according to research announced Tuesday by NASA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. "During the last 20 years, the black soot concentration has increased two- to three-fold relative to its ... more |
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