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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 15, 5:43 am ET
Beijing - China on Tuesday officially started construction of what could become the world's longest sea bridge, linking the southern province of Guangdong with Macau and Hong Kong. Vice Premier Li Keqiang launched the project at a ceremony in Guangdo...
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 15, 3:56 am ET
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong stocks fell for the first time in three days as developers dropped after the Xinhua news agency said China will target “excessive” growth in property prices, and China Cosco Holdings Co.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Dec 14, 7:19 am ET
China has blocked broadcasts of a Hong Kong cable network whose talk show guests spoke openly of political reform, reinforcing Beijing's grip over media content considered politically sensitive.
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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 14, 9:56 pm ET
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong stocks fell for the first time in three days, led by mainland developers after the Xinhua news agency said China will target “excessive” growth in property prices.
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Bloomberg - 8 minutes ago
Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- China has no plan to change its fuel-pricing mechanism for now, a spokesman from the National Development and Reform Commission said by phone from Beijing.
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Bloomberg - 9 minutes ago
Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- China’s property stocks, the worst performers this quarter, will rebound because policy changes are “factored into” shares and the government needs the industry to bolster consumer spending, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets said.
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Bloomberg - 19 minutes ago
Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- China has no plan to change its fuel pricing mechanism for now, a spokesman from the National Development and Reform Commission said by telephone from Beijing today.
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New York Times - 1 hour 10 minutes ago
China’s aggressive expansion of nuclear plants could cut carbon emissions, but the pace could lead to shortcuts.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 15, 2:26 am ET
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Most China stocks rose as raw- materials producers gained on higher commodity prices. Developers fell after the Xinhua News Agency said the government will target “excessive” growth in house prices in some cities.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 15, 1:57 am ET
Construction of the world's longest sea bridge linking Hong Kong to China and Macau began on Tuesday, in a bid to bolster the integration and future growth of the Pearl River Delta, China's stricken economic powerhouse.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 15, 12:16 pm ET
Japan's prime minister is under fire over allegations that he injected politics into the imperial palace by using his clout to arrange a last-minute audience between Emperor Akihito and China's vice president.
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Washington Post - Tue Dec 15, 12:00 am ET
Of all the signs of China's growing prosperity -- the gleaming new office towers, the glitzy shopping malls and designer boutiques -- perhaps the most visible is on Beijing's streets and highways, where noxious traffic jams have replaced the free flow of bicycles.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 15 minutes ago
Foreign direct investment in China leapt 32 percent year-on-year in November for the fourth straight monthly increase, the commerce ministry said Wednesday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 15, 4:06 pm ET
In a showdown between the world's two largest polluters, China accused the United States and other rich nations Tuesday of backsliding on fighting global warming and the top U.S. envoy said Chinese greenhouse gas emission commitments should be independently verified.
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New York Times - Tue Dec 15, 4:56 am ET
Norman Chan Tak-lam has something on his mind, The South China Morning Post reports. On Monday, the head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority cautioned about the dangers of buoyant markets, saying: “I believe asset price bubbles, rather than inflation, pose the greatest risk to financial stability.”
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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 14, 10:55 pm ET
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks fell, led by developers, after the official Xinhua News Agency said the government will target “excessive” growth in property prices in some cities.
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New York Times - 56 minutes ago
China said Tuesday that 22 Uighurs who fled to Cambodia after deadly ethnic rioting this summer were criminals and should not be granted asylum.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 15, 2:44 pm ET
The world's two biggest carbon emitters, China and the United States, Tuesday warned they would not shift on the offers for tackling their pollution, a question lying at the heart of the UN climate talks here.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 15, 3:10 am ET
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- China’s benchmark stock index fell, led by developers, after the Xinhua News Agency said the government will target “excessive” growth in house prices in some cities.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 10 minutes ago
Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Xie Zhenhua was head of China’s state environmental protection agency in 2005 when a toxic spill almost ended his career. Four years later, Xie leads a Chinese delegation at odds with the U.S. at Copenhagen’s climate talks.