In Southeast Asia, Unease Over Free Trade Zone
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Some manufacturers in Southeast Asia are concerned that cheap Chinese goods may flood their markets as a new free trade area opens this week.
author By LIZ GOOCH, source www.nytimes.com
Asian Computer Makers Move Into Riskier Ventures
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Companies that once built devices to Silicon Valley’s specifications are now investing in start-ups so they can compete with their former customers.
author By ASHLEE VANCE, source www.nytimes.com
China and Australia Sign Coal Deal
Thursday, January 7th, 2010The purchase of Felix Resources of Australia by Yanzhou Coal Mining is a bid to improve investment ties after a year in which Australia had blocked a series of Chinese takeovers.
author By REUTERS, source www.nytimes.com
China Admits New Tainted-Milk Case Is Older
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Chinese regulators said in late December they shut down a dairy factory and arrested three executives for selling contaminated products. On Wednesday, officials admitted that the arrests actually took place last April.
author By DAVID BARBOZA, source www.nytimes.com
Suit Says 2 Chinese Firms Stole Web-Blocking Code
Thursday, January 7th, 2010The Chinese government sought to block Web sites that featured pornography and violent matter as well as political and religious content.
author By MICHAEL WINES, source www.nytimes.com
Chinese Decision on Rates Seen as ‘Turning Point’
Thursday, January 7th, 2010With China’s economy galloping ahead, the central bank raised a key interest rate for the first time in months.
author By KEITH BRADSHER, source www.nytimes.com
Contrarian Investor Predicts Economic Crash in China
Thursday, January 7th, 2010James Chanos, who predicted Enron’s collapse, insists that the economic boom, too, in China is headed for a fall.
author By DAVID BARBOZA, source www.nytimes.com
China Seeks Assurances That U.S. Will Cut Its Deficit
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009The rising American deficit is a concern for China because it could put at risk China’s vast holdings of Treasury securities and other dollar-based assets.
author By MARK LANDLER and DAVID E. SANGER, source www.nytimes.com
China, United States Pledge Climate Teamwork
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009China and the United States close in on climate cooperation.
author By Andrew C. Revkin, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
Obama Vows Support for Renewables - and a Carbon Cap
Monday, March 2nd, 2009President Barack Obama identified energy as one of the “three areas that are absolutely critical to our economic future.”
author By Kate Galbraith, source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
1,000 Words
Thursday, October 16th, 2008A slide show with links to recent articles in the news …
author By Tom Zeller Jr., source greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com
China Sharply Raises Energy Prices
Friday, June 20th, 2008China is faced with increasingly severe fuel shortages for truckers and farmers and the prospect of blackouts during the summer air-conditioning season.
author By KEITH BRADSHER, source www.nytimes.com
$14 Billion in Deals Precede Trade Talks
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The deals between leading businesses in China and the U.S. sought to overcome mutual suspicion of foreign investment on the eve of economic talks between the two countries.
author By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, source www.nytimes.com
Booming, China Faults U.S. Policy on the Economy
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Americans once scolded the Chinese on mismanaging their economy. But in recent weeks, the fingers have been wagging in the other direction.
author By EDWARD WONG, source www.nytimes.com
Paulson Sees Progress in U.S.-China Ties
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Despite tension over trade, investment and food and product safety, bilateral ties are “growing in a positive direction,” the Treasury secretary said, opening two days of economic talks.
author By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, source www.nytimes.com
Inflation Worries Unsettle Global Markets
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Fears of rising interest rates in Europe and the United States and their effect on already faltering consumption dragged share prices lower in Europe on Tuesday after a sell-off in Asia.
author By MATTHEW SALTMARSH and KEITH BRADSHER, source www.nytimes.com
Chinese Stocks Plunge 8.1 Percent
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008The Shanghai and Shenzhen markets fell after an increase in Chinese bank reserve requirements, increased worries about high food and oil prices, and fears about exports to the United States.
author By KEITH BRADSHER, source www.nytimes.com
Impact of Earthquake on the Chinese Economy Is Seen as Minimal
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Only 1 percent of China’s population lives in the quake-affected area, where many residents are farmers whose share of the country’s economic output is even smaller.
author By KEITH BRADSHER, source www.nytimes.com
Expertise Called Crucial to China Deals
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Expertise can be more important than cash when it comes to winning investments in China, managers of four of the world’s biggest buyout firms said.
author By JULIA WERDIGIER, source www.nytimes.com
Trade Center to Get Tenant From China
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008A Chinese real estate company has signed a deal to lease space in the Freedom Tower, making it the first private company to agree to occupy the future skyscraper.
author By CHARLES V. BAGLI, source www.nytimes.com