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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 announced plans Thursday to drastically boost its energy efficiency as part of its contribution to the fight against global warming. The State Council announcement ahead of next month's Copenhagen climate summit pledges that China will cut carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 40 to 45% by 2020 compared with levels in 2005.
A court in northern China has sentenced five leaders of an unauthorized Protestant church to prison terms of up to seven years on charges including illegal assembly, rights groups reported Thursday.
China says it is aiming for a big boost in energy efficiency by cutting carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by up to 45 percent by 2020.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks slumped, driving the benchmark index to its biggest drop in almost three months, on concern banks will sell more shares to meet swelling loan demand.
China says Premier Wen Jiabao will take part in next month's Copenhagen climate summit.
China Minsheng bank IPO tumbles 8 pct in Hong Kong debut amid fundraising anxiety
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- China’s excess industrial capacity is “wreaking far-reaching damage on the global economy,” stoking trade tensions and raising the risk of bad loans, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said.
The commitment from the world's largest polluter builds momentum ahead of a widely anticipated climate conference in Copenhagen next month. China pledges to reduce emissions by up to 45 percent as measured against its economic output.
Planned reduction of up to 45% falls short of target many world leaders hoped Beijing would make.
Tiger Woods' coach Hank Haney said he wanted to be part of the booming growth of golf in China but could not promise to produce another player to match the world number one.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- China is allowing banks to invest in insurers for the first time and is limiting each lender to buying into only one insurance company, the China Banking Regulatory Commission said on its Web site today.
China promised Thursday to slow its carbon emissions, saying it would nearly halve the ratio of pollution to GDP over the...
The Chinese government said Thursday that it had set a target to slow the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 even as its economy continues to grow. China is aiming to reduce so-called carbon intensity by 40 to 45 percent compared with 2005 levels, according to Xinhua, the state news agency.
China has detected eight people infected with mutated forms of the swine flu virus, a health official said Wednesday, but flu drugs and vaccines still work against it.
Ajax has signed a three-year contract to cooperate with the China Football Association's youth program. Ajax says the club's commercial director Henri van der Aat signed the deal Wednesday in Beijing. Van der Aat said that the "China Football Association youth trainers will be given insight into our training methods and the association will send a delegation of coaches each year for...
Beijing - China on Thursday set a target of reducing its carbon intensity by at least 40 per cent by 2020 compared with 2005 levels. The State Council, or cabinet, announced on its website and through state media that it aimed to cut the nation's car...
China announced plans to cut its carbon emissions by up to 45 percent as measured against its economic output.
China has detected eight cases of swine flu mutation, a health official said Wednesday, amid longstanding concerns among scientists that the virus could change into a more dangerous form.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- China ordered domestic gas producers to operate at high rates and increase imports of the fuel to ease a shortage in the world’s second-biggest energy user.
BEIJING -- When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world. Or at least that's how Chinese audiences are interpreting "2012," Hollywood's latest blockbuster disaster movie. "It's about time the world sees us as a dominant ally," says Liu Xinliang, 27, a Beijing computer programmer who watched the movie twice.
