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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: extending old-for-new car, appliance selling spree
China is going to expand schemes that give domestic consumers a discount if they trade in old cars and household appliances for new ones, said Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Jiang Zengwei [...]
Posted in China, consumer behavior, economics Also tagged behavior, Beijing, car sales, China, consumer behavior, Economic Development, Financial Crisis, retail, retail sales, Rural Area, Xinhua, Xinhua News Agency Leave a comment
China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Consumer spending helps boost Shanghai’s growth
Shanghai's economy made further progress last month as a result of continued strong growth in local consumer spending and investment, while exports also improved to help strengthen a growing recovery [...]
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Autodesk creates game to raise Green Building awareness
Play the "RetroFits" game and help raise awareness about the benefits of better, greener buildings [...]
Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Smart future showcased at Shanghai World Expo
With heavy coverage from newspapers and television, you may have become quite familiar with the theme of the Shanghai World Expo - "Better City, Better Life."[...]
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Newsweek’s Green Ranking Recognizes Autodesk
Autodesk ranked 55th out of America’s 500 largest corporations on its environmental performance, policies, and reputation [...]
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Watch William McDonough’s “Cradle to Cradle Design” talk at TED
Green-minded architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account "all children, all species, for all time" [...]
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China, Technology & the Environment: per-unit energy consumption falls 3.35% in the first half of 2009
China's energy consumption to produce a unit of gross domestic product (GDP) dropped 3.35 percent year on year in the first half of 2009, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement recently. The decrease compared with 2.88 percent in the first half of last year [...]
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Watch Gordon Brown’s “Wiring a web for global good” talk at TED
"We're at a unique moment in history", says UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown: we can use today's interconnectedness to develop our shared global ethic -- and work together to confront the challenges of poverty, security, climate change and the economy [...]
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Technology, Innovation and the Environment: Obama pushes for energy jobs