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The BBC is continuing a series on how globalization is affecting Shanghai. In the newest installment, Steve Schifferes looks at how Shanghai’s rapid growth is impacting the environment: In becoming one of the centres of the world economy, Shanghai has grown faster than almost any other global city in the past 15 years. The population […]
Read MoreEuropean governments are now set to increase the pressure on China over its role in Darfur: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is set to hold one-on-one talks with his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, on Darfur amid frustration over Beijing’s support for the Sudanese government. China’s close ties with Sudan is bedevilling US-led attempts within the […]
Read MoreAs India cancelled a planned visit to China by more than 100 civil servants amid an escalating border dispute, the Indian newspaper Sunday Express has published a lengthy interview with Chinese ambassador to India, Sun Yuxi: So many people who went to China and they are very much fascinated at the fast change and rapid […]
Read MoreRecent horror stories about food safety issues within China and the export of tainted foods is helping spur the growth of the organic food market in China, according to Reuters: This is helping drive sales in another, though still tiny, food sector in China — organic produce. But a loose regulatory framework and sometimes just […]
Read MoreWhile the Chinese government has not yet officially responded to the recent U.S. Department of Defense report on the Chinese military, People’s Daily issued a report blasting the findings: China lashed out at the United States on Sunday, rejecting a Pentagon report about Beijing’s defense buildup as exaggerated and misleading, and saying that such rhetoric […]
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