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Monday, November 26, 2007

Over 100 Chinese food companies sign agreement on food safety
More than 100 Chinese food companies attending a food safety forum in Beijing have promised to strengthen the safety of their products. The companies have signed an agreement that commits them to enhance product supervision, provide better product information, and create a safer environment for ... Continued...

China's Wu `Extremely Unhappy' at Mandelson Speech
China's top trade official, Vice Premier Wu Yi, said she's ``extremely unhappy'' about European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson's speech in Beijing today on product safety. Wu spoke to reporters at a food-safety conference where Mandelson expressed concern at Chinese counterfeiting and ... Continued...

Vice premier calls for int'l consultation on food safety
Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi said here on Monday that international food safety issues should be settled through friendly consultation, instead of finger pointing and groundless blames. Speaking at the High-Level International Food Safety Forum, she recognized that gaps existed between China a... Continued...

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Can a bold new "eco-city" clear the air in China?
To the residents of China's most crowded and populous city, the air on nearby Chongming Island has an unfamiliar quality: It's fresh. About an hour's ferry ride from the edge of the city, the island's farms and fishing villages are a world apart from the pollution that pervades modern life in Ch... Continued...

Friday, November 23, 2007

EU: China makes considerable progress in product safety
China has made considerable progress in taking actions to ensure safety of toys and other products exported to Europe, the European Union (EU) consumer chief said on Thursday. An EU overview of China's efforts showed the Chinese authorities have made "a significant effort with respect to the... Continued...

China considers national strategy to boost rural energy development
The Chinese government is drafting a new rural energy strategy to boost energy development in the vast rural regions where some 10 million people in remote areas are still suffering from energy poverty, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in China. It was revealed at t... Continued...

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Car owners in China likely to be taxed for emissions
At the 2007 Forum on China Energy Sustainable Development in Beijing last weekend, an official from the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) disclosed that it was quite likely car owners in China would be taxed for their car emissions in the future. According to Yang Chaofei, Dire... Continued...

Monday, November 19, 2007

China Not Fighting Off E-Waste Nightmare
The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover glass and electronic parts, releasing as much as 6.5 pounds of lead dust... Continued...

Sunday, November 18, 2007

China builds African empire
FROM giant state corporations to a host of small businesses, Chinese companies have opened up a new frontier in Africa that is expanding so fast it is already altering commodity markets and manufacturing from Cairo to Cape Town. Last week, China released figures showing that its trade with Africa... Continued...

Friday, November 16, 2007

US-China biofuel deal on cards
US and Chinese officials reach new biofuel agreement Printer friendly version Sponsored Links Current Accounts 65 Times more interest than some other banks & no monthly fee. alliance-leicester.co.uk/current The US and China are preparing a groundbreaking agreement on biofuels, a senior US rep... Continued...

Investors embrace trees to tap China boom
Investors looking for new ways to cash in on China's strong economic growth are turning to its emerging forestry industry, which is flourishing amid a clampdown on the global trade of unsustainable rainforest timber. China is the world's largest importer of soft and hard woods. Total forest produ... Continued...

China the Focus in Clean Cars Race
Automakers racing to find affordable ways to make cars environmentally sustainable are zeroing in on polluted, fuel-scarce China to help them take clean car concepts from the laboratory to the market. Mounting alarm over global warming and soaring crude oil prices was evident among automakers sho... Continued...

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

China reports decline in major pollutant emissions
China's emission of major pollutants -- sulfur dioxide and chemical oxygen demand (COD) -- over the first nine months of the year dropped for the first time in several years, a senior official with the state environmental watchdog said here on Wednesday. "Sulfur dioxide emissions in China fe... Continued...

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Food safety assured for Games
The authorities are doing their utmost to ensure food safety during the Beijing Olympics, a senior quality supervision official said yesterday. All supplies to athletes, trainers and coaches will be scrutinized in a tracking system from the farm to the dining table, said Wei Chuanzhong, deputy he... Continued...

Soybeans Rise as China May Increase Purchases of U.S. Supplies
Soybeans rose, extending a rally to a three-year high, on speculation that China, the world's biggest oilseed consumer, may boost imports of the commodity to cool inflation caused partly by vegetable-oil shortages. The country will import more soybeans and vegetable oil in the next few months to... Continued...

Record amount of pollution dumped in China's Yangtze River last year
The amount of sewage dumped into China's Yangtze River rose 3 percent last year to a record level, state media said Wednesday. Some 30.5 billion tons of domestic and industrial sewage were dumped into the river in 2006, according to water authorities, Xinhua News Agency said. That was an incre... Continued...

China Trying To Show World Its Meat Is Safe
The opening of a new slaughterhouse in Beijing on Monday was intended to show the world that Chinese meats are safe, both for the general public and Olympic athletes. More than 150 Chinese and foreign reporters watched from behind glass windows workers wearing blue robes and white rubber boots de... Continued...

Monday, November 12, 2007

China under fire at WTO for restrictions on foreign media
China was criticised at the World Trade Organisation on Monday for its restrictions on foreign news agencies who are unable to sell their information to local media, trade sources said. Canada, the United States, Japan and the European Union all requested more information from China over the meas... Continued...

Six Chinese reportedly die after eating poison soup
Six Chinese people, including two children, died from food poisoning after eating dumpling soup and two more remained seriously ill, local media reported on Monday, the latest example of food safety risks facing domestic consumers. Four males and four females collapsed on Sunday with severe cramp... Continued...

Saturday, November 10, 2007

China threatens to block industrial goods deal at WTO
China has threatened to veto any proposals on cutting customs tariffs on industrial goods at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) if its requests are not met, trade sources said on Friday. During a meeting of the negotiating group on non-agricultural market access (NAMA), China's delegate said he h... Continued...