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From Reuters: Shares in China’s top offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC Ltd. leapt more than 4 percent on Tuesday as investors cheered the acquisitive firm’s planned $2.3 billion purchase of a stake in a Nigerian field. Analysts said the company’s largest-ever overseas acquisition was fairly priced and would help CNOOC gain valuable experience in […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the Houston Chronicle: Secretive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il traveled to China on Tuesday, a South Korean military intelligence official said, raising hopes of a resumption of international talks on the North’s nuclear weapons program. China’s Foreign Ministry said Kim planned to visit Beijing at some point _ and the […]
Read MoreFrom Time Magazine: Slide over Hyundai”the next automotive upstart that takes the wheel in the U.S. will probably be Chinese. In Detroit this week, a small company called Geely (pronounced Jee-lee) will be the first Chinese automaker to display a car at the North American International Auto Show. Unveiling the compact sedan, whose name translates […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: As China’s industrial juggernaut has flooded foreign ports with cheap factory-made goods in recent years, its central bank coffers have filled with the bounty flowing back to these shores — a stash of foreign exchange now exceeding $800 billion. China’s leaders have steadily invested the bulk in one primary vehicle: the […]
Read MoreFrom Japan Focus: China’s economic boom has an environmental dark side. While China’s economy continues to grow at a rate of more than 8% annually, as it has for more than two decades, the country’s environment and the Chinese people are paying a steep price. China now boasts five of the ten most polluted cities […]
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