Chinese authorities have granted approval for an environmental assessment of a controversial 2 GW dam project — slated to be the country’s tallest dam — despite concerns voiced by a number of environmental groups. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said it had approved a year-long assessment of the Shuangjiangkou project on the Dadu river in [...]
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The first ever ‘blue book’ on India released in China by a prominent official Beijing publisher has portrayed a government in “serious crisis,” but expressed the belief that India would likely emerge as a stronger country by conquering its current obstacles. Chinese think tanks release ‘blue books’ every year on a number of issues. While [...]
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The level of the most important heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide, has passed a long-feared milestone, scientists reported, reaching a concentration not seen on the earth for millions of years. China is now the largest emitter, but Americans have been consuming fossil fuels extensively for far longer, and experts say the United States [...]
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India will witness the largest increase in urban population in the next four decades followed by China, a United Nations report has said. According to the U.N.’s ‘2011 Revision of the World Urbanisation Prospects’ report released on April 6, India will add another 497 million to its urban population between 2010 and 2050 China will [...]
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In order to tackle crime and terrorism,Britain is gearing up to announce a new sweeping legislation that will allow real-time monitoring of all calls, emails, texts and website visits. The critics are of view that the move will liken the country to China and Iran. Under the planned new law, Internet firms will be required to give intelligence agency, Government [...]
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Qatar will host this year`s Asian Champions Trophy featuring India, Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea, China and Japan. A Russian rocket carrying a US telecommunications satellite blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan on march 25. China has launched a website that will help grassroots organisations promoting innovative agricultural technologies among farmers. A touch [...]
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China has pledged to end the practice of taking organs from executed prisoners within the next five years. From State Media Report: The country would instead rely on a new national donation system for organ transplants. Prisoners account for two-thirds of China‘s transplant organs. Human rights groups say death row inmates are pressured to donate [...]
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India is the world’s largest recipient of arms while South Korea is second and Pakistan and China are third in the list, reveals data on international arms transfers published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The volume of worldwide arms transfers in 2007-11 was 24 percent higher than in 2002-06 and the five [...]
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The SM Tianjin Shopping Centre is to become the world’s largest free standing shopping mall in terms of commercial space upon its completion by the end of 2013. China will be home to the world’s largest free standing shopping centre having an area larger than 74 football fields, which is being constructed in northern port [...]
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The US, Japan and the European Union have filed a case against China at the World Trade Organization, challenging its restrictions on rare earth exports. Beijing has set quotas for exports of rare earths, which are critical to the manufacture of high-tech products. It is the first WTO case to be filed jointly by the [...]
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Animal, Tallest Giraffe Archipelago, Largest Indonesia Bird, Fastest Swift Bird, Largest Ostrich Bird, Smallest Humming Bird Bridge, Longest Railway Huey P.Long Bridge,Louisiana(U.S.A.) Building, Tallest in the World Burj,Dubai(UAE) Canal, Longest Irrigational TheKalakumskyCanal Canal, Longest Suez Canal Capital, Highest La Paz(Boliva) City, Biggest in Area Mount IsaAustralia City, Largest in Population Tokyo City, Costliest Tokyo City, [...]
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India, China, the US, Russia, Brazil and another 21 nations have decided to retaliate against the European Union (EU) decision to collect billions of dollars every year by unilaterally imposing a carbon tax on flights landing in Eurozone. New Delhi could also give orders to the Indian airlines not to participate in the EU carbon tax on aviation just like [...]
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When it comes to China, Facebook should consider itself forewarned. Cracking the world’s biggest internet population might seem an obvious ambition for the social networking giant as it trumpets its global growth before a $5 billion initial public offering, but the chances it will succeed look slim. Facebook said last week it was contemplating re-entering [...]
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The re-election ofTaiwanPresident Ma Ying-jeou to a second term was welcomed inBeijingon jan 15 , with his victory seen by analysts as giving the Kuomintang (KMT) government the green light to pursue economic policies bringingTaiwancloser toChina. China was “willing to join hands with Taiwan‘s all walks of life on the basis of continuing to oppose [...]
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India and China agreed to set up a working mechanism on border management to deal with important affairs related to maintaining peace and tranquility in the border areas. The agreement had finalized by the Special Representatives on the Boundary issue, Mr.Shiv Shankar Menan the National Security Adviser of India and Mr.Dai Bingguo the Chinese State [...]
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