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China, Technology & the Environment: Emissions goal “will cost China $30b”

Researchers have been busy calculating what China’s carbon emissions target announced last year will mean for the average family […]

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Living in China: Shanghai cancer rate is China’s highest

Shanghai people’s incidence of cancer is the highest in the nation, due to its large number of elderly and the persistence of unhealthy habits like smoking, Shanghai health officials said recently […]

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Living in China: Shanghai’s prime housing prices soar highest globally

Shanghai topped major cities around the world in 2009 by posting the biggest annual price increase for houses located in prime areas as China’s quick recovery from the global recession helped boost capital gains, according to a joint wealth report by Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank […]

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Gaming in China: online game revenues to reach $11 billion by 2012

According to a report recently published by research firm Analysys, revenues from China’s online gaming industry will reach 73.1 billion yuan ($10.7 billion) within two years […]

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Living in China: 60% of Chinese mainland white collar workers over-fatigued

The condition of Chinese white-collar workers on the mainland has received a bad prognosis with 60 percent over-fatigued and 76 percent in sub-health […]

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China, Technology, Innovation and the Environment: China leads US in clean energy

China beat the United States for the first time last year in investments in low-carbon energy such as wind and solar power, according to a report released by the Pew Charitable Trusts recently […]

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Living in China: Property prices causing distress

Six out of 10 Chinese white-collar workers say they are feeling over-fatigued due to work and other pressures, a survey has found […]

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China, Technology, Innovation & the Environment: Green Business Opportunity in China

China can be a great place for international companies interested in green business.It’s a matter of getting to know the right people, adapting to the culture and “getting over your fear of China,” said Peggy Liu, who chairs the Joint U.S.-China Cooperation on Clean Energy, an NGO that seeks to change the way China makes and uses energy […]

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Information Technology in China: Internet security experts say China has legions of hackers

A young Chinese hacker talks to a New York Times reporter about his world of trolling for information that may one day be worth money […]

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Internet in China: scale ranks first worldwide, reaching 360 million users

As the end of November, 2009, the number of Internet users in China had reached 360 million, an increase of 20.8 percent on last year. The figure marks China as having the most extensive Internet in terms of scale in the world […]