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On China Dialogue, Alex Pasternack argues for more green buildings in China’s construction boom: Though greenhouse gases have not always been a priority for China’s leaders, the rhetoric is getting stronger. “More work on energy conservation and emissions reduction is urgently required to deal with global climate change,” premier Wen Jiabao said recently. No doubt, […]
Read MoreA female North Korean soldier stands guard on the border with China, by Natalie Behring
Read MoreFrom MarketWatch: The World Bank increased its forecast for China’s GDP to 11.3% from 10.4% this year, saying that the country’s rapidly expanding economy is well-placed to absorb the impact of recent turmoil in the global financial markets. China’s rapidly widening trade surplus and financial sector developments are fuelling domestic liquidity and pushing asset prices […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post reports on what is being called the most serious case involving state secrets in China in over a decade: For years, Ambassador Li Bin was China’s go-to diplomat for the tense Korean Peninsula. After studies in North Korea, Li had served several tours in the Chinese embassies in Pyongyang and Seoul. Fluent […]
Read MoreA new study from UC Davis and the University of New Mexico says the so-called Great Firewall is more of a “panopticon” than a wall. From the BBC: Carried out by US researchers outside China, it found that the firewall often failed to block what the Chinese government finds objectionable. The firewall was least effective […]
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