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By Andrew Gong International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. announced Monday that it has signed a contract with the Beijing Municipal government to help curb the capital’s air pollution. The agreement is part of IBM’s “Green Horizon” initiative, a 10-year program designed to more efficiently manage China’s electricity, solar, and wind resources and protect the health […]
By Andrew Gong China and Germany inked a series of trade and investment deals Monday during a meeting overseen by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Merkel had come to China for three days with a large business delegation to promote trade between the two countries. German carmaker Volkswagen will team with […]
By Elise Pietro and Andrew Gong Updated 9:50 am, 7/08/2014 Saying that China should focus on “actually opening markets,” US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew discussed China’s economic reforms, a US-China bilateral investment treaty (BIT), cybersecurity, and other issues central to US- China commercial relations at a US-China Business Council (USCBC)-hosted forum on July 1 in […]
As the Xi administration pushes for energy sector reform, US firms ask what role they will play in China’s long-term climate policy. By Gabriel Nelson As China’s central government grapples with the looming impact of climate change and other environmental issues, it faces a difficult trade-off between rapid development and conservation. Over the course of […]
China has blocked a proposal for an alliance between the world’s three largest shipping companies after the deal was approved by regulators in the United States and Europe. The so-called “P3 Network” would have combined the operations of shipping companies, A.P. Moeller-Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Co., and CMA CGM SA on their Asia-Europe, Trans-Pacific, and Trans-Atlantic […]
By Andrew Gong BP signed a $20 billion agreement with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) this week as part of a series of trade deals struck during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to the United Kingdom. The deal, which will supply liquefied natural gas to areas of Southeast China, will last 20 years and […]
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Organizer: Hunan Provincial Government Location: Shanghai Marriott Hotel Hongqiao Date: June 17-18, 2014 Website: http://finance.ifeng.com/a/20140408/12070962_0.shtml Contact: Ms. Chen Li Email: [email protected] Phone: 0731-82287124
Officials are turning to technology to improve efficiency and tackle problems in urban China. By Don Johnson The next time you visit Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, don’t forget to visit the app store first. In this historic Yangtze River city near Suzhou, you can check the arrival time of the next bus, make an appointment at a […]
China Mobile Ltd. agreed on June 9 to purchase an 18 percent stake in the Thai telecommunications conglomerate True Corp. for $881 million. This deal comes less than three weeks after the Thai military seized power in a coup d’etat—an event that went unmentioned in China Mobile’s announcement. True Corp. controls Thailand’s third-largest mobile phone […]
