China defends Syria veto, denies sheltering Assad
China on Monday denied US accusations it was protecting the Syrian regime, after drawing international criticism for vetoing a UN resolution condemning a deadly crackdown on protests by Damascus.
China bans airlines from paying EU carbon charges
China said Monday it has banned its airlines from complying with an EU scheme to impose charges on carbon emissions opposed by more than two dozen countries including India, Russia and the United States.
China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax
China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change.
China New Borun Expands Senior Management Team
BEIJING, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China New Borun Corporation (NYSE: BORN; "Borun" or the "Company"), a leading producer and distributor of corn-based edible alcohol in China, ...
China defends its veto of UN measure on Syria
China said Monday it was forced to veto a United Nations vote on Syria because it was called before differences in the proposal were bridged, but denied playing spoiler and said it wants to see an end to violence there.
China says Tibet facing "urgent" task to maintain stability
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's mountainous region of Tibet is facing an urgent task to maintain stability and all government workers must be on their highest guard ahead of the Tibetan New Year and the fourth anniversary of riots, a newspaper said on Monday. China has stepped up security in what it calls the Tibet Autonomous Region and other Tibetan parts of the country following a series of self ...
China defends Syria veto, doubts West's intentions
BEIJING (Reuters) - China defended its rejection of a U.N. resolution pressing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to abandon power, with a top state newspaper saying Western intervention in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq exposed the risks of forced regime change. China said its blocking, along with Russia, of the U.N. resolution which would have backed an Arab plan urging Assad to quit, did not ...
China stresses need to keep Tibet stable
China on Monday warned government officials in Tibet that failing to maintain stability could result in job loss or criminal prosecution, the latest sign of heightened ethnic tensions in the remote Himalayan region.
China growth could halve if Europe crisis worsens: IMF
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual economic growth could be cut nearly in half this year if Europe's debt crisis tips the world economy into a recession, putting pressure on Beijing to unveil "significant" fiscal stimulus, the International Monetary Fund said. The Fund outlined its central scenario for China's 2012 growth outlook in its global outlook in January, cutting its forecast for 2012 ...
Why China Will Avoid A Crash And A Hard Landing
Despite continued talk of a hard landing in China, augmented by Monday?s release of the IMF world economic outlook that includes a downgrade of China?s expected 2012 GDP growth, evidence suggests the central authorities will be able to engineer a ?soft landing.?