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The White House gave a mixed reaction on Friday to China's plans to cut its carbon intensity levels, welcoming the proposal but saying the world would watch whether Beijing kept its promises to tackle climate change.
Even after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's combined pledges ahead of next month's climate summit fall far short of what experts say is needed to avert dangerous global warming.
The United States gave a guarded welcome on Friday to China's first firm targets to curb its carbon emissions, saying the world would watch progress by the world's top greenhouse gas emitter.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama called on China's defence chief Friday to enhance the "transparency" of the communist giant's military build-up, the foreign ministry said.
Growing military ties between China and Pakistan are a serious concern to India, Defense Minister A.K. Antony said on Friday, in the latest display of a prickly rivalry between New Delhi and its neighbors.
China will launch its second moon orbiter next October, state media reported Friday, as it powers ahead with a space programme that has sparked concerns abroad.
Chinese leaders pledged Friday to stick to stimulus spending and easy credit to support growth next year, making clear their unease about the stability of China's nascent recovery from the global crisis.
Pledges by the U.S. and China for emissions reductions still seem timid to many experts.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- China’s Politburo, the Communist Party’s top decision-making body, said the nation will maintain stimulus policies next year as the world’s third-biggest economy recovers from the global slump.
People in China living with HIV and AIDS face widespread discrimination and stigma, with even medical workers sometimes refusing to touch them, according to a U.N. survey released on Friday.
Beijing's decision to bring targets on carbon emissions reductions to Copenhagen is hopeful, but it is important to understand what exactly Beijing is promising -- and what it's not
China is set to launch its second lunar probe next October in preparation for an unmanned moon landing by the end of 2012, space program officials were quoted Friday as saying.
Shares of China Minsheng Banking Corp. make a tepid debut in spite of heavy subscriptions for Hong Kong’s largest initial public offering of 2009, as the bank’s high valuations and an overhang of policy tightening in China’s banking industry damp investor sentiment.
China's Communist Party leadership pledged during a meeting Friday to "actively" tackle climate change and stick to its current fiscal and monetary policies, state media reported.
Japan and China agreed on Friday to conduct their first joint military training exercise, in the latest sign of warming ties between the Asian neighbors, long marked by mutual suspicion and spats over a range of issues.
China set a firm target to control its emissions of greenhouse gases Thursday, an unprecedented step that bolsters the momentum of climate change talks at next month's United Nations summit in Copenhagen.
Senior US officials traveled to China two weeks before President Barack Obama's trip there to pressure Beijing to further isolate Iran, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
China Minsheng's IPO Weighs On Hong Kong Shares
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Pledges by China and the U.S. to set numerical targets for their greenhouse-gas emissions through 2020 may reignite stalled progress for a global climate agreement at negotiations next month in Copenhagen.
Reeling from losses in subprime mortgages, the banking giant is moving its chief to Hong Kong and seeking growth in China and other emerging markets.
China will launch a second lunar probe next October, state-run media reported Friday.
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