From the International Herald Tribune: Westinghouse Electric signed a multibillion-dollar deal Tuesday with Chinese partners to build four nuclear reactors in eastern China, completing a pact agreed upon between Beijing and Washington seven months ago. The contract, estimated in the past at close to $8 billion, is expected to warm relations between the world’s top […]
Read MoreChina’s attempts to abide by safer food producion standards have had the unintended consequence of driving vitamin C prices higher. From CBS News: China, which exports more than 80 percent of the world’s ascorbic acid ” also known as vitamin C and a key food preservative ” appears to have cut production over the past […]
Read MoreChina requested an environmental performance review from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the 18-month study concluded that China’s efforts to reduce pollution aren’t sufficient. From the Age Australia: China’s efforts to tackle pollution are failing, and unless it redoubles efforts to implement its environmental laws and policies, hundreds of millions of people […]
Read MoreIn two lawsuits, filed in 1996, two Chinese plaintiffs sued Japan for leaving leaking chemical weapons in China after WWII. From People’s Daily: The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday rejected the demands by Chinese plaintiffs seeking compensation from the Japanese government for their sufferings caused by chemical weapons left behind by the Imperial Japanese Army […]
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