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China, Technology and the Environment: Chinese National Energy Commission is established
China has established the National Energy Commission for better coordination in formulating energy strategy and development planning, said an announcement released by the General Office of the Chinese State Council recently [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: consumption stimulus to extend into 2010
Stimulus policies spurring Chinese domestic consumption will be maintained in 2010, while high sales growth of home appliances and automobiles due to the stimulus packages will not affect consumption, analysts predict [...]
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Internet in China: Comparing internet activities of Chinese and Americans
The Business Insider recently published a bar graph comparing the internet activities of United States of users with those of Chinese users. While some activities, like pursuing an online education or watching online video (one in the same, really), were statistically similar between the two counties, other activities were far more common in one country than the other, revealing some fundamental differences in Chinese and American tendencies [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Beijing tops the Chinese Nouveau Riche list
Recently the Hurun Research Institute published the 2009 Chinese Nouveau Riche Consumption Standard Report on the new rich in six cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Shenyang; and the winner is: [...]
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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: World Bank injects $200 million for China’s urban environment
World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a loan to China --$200 million to support the Shanghai Urban Environment Project [...]
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Education in China: Sharp drop in number seeking college degree
Many things shrink in an economic crisis - the number of jobs, the volume of exports, the confidence of investors - but few expected a sharp fall in the size of the prospective student population. This year, fewer students want to participate in the upcoming three-day annual college entrance exam, which has been seen as the make-or-break benchmark for millions of young people since 1977 [...]
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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: future cities to make small carbon footprint
Even as China undergoes one of the most rapid urban transformations in the world, the Chinese government is promoting sustainable development to curb the country's growing rate of carbon emissions, a World Bank urban specialist said in Beijing on recently [...]
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Living in China: GDP could be 2.5 times that of the US by 2030
China's economy could be 2.5 times that of the US by 2030, based on Japan's experience and the yuan's appreciation against the greenback, a senior Chinese economist says in Harvard Business Review's Chinese edition. The forecast by Justin Lin Yifu, head of Peking University's China Center for Economic Research and recently appointed chief economist of the World Bank, in the May issue of the magazine published on Thursday is one of the most ambitious for China's economic growth...
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Internet in China: Internet population hit 384 million in 2009