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    China’s power consumption up 5.5% 2012

    15 january 2013 BEIJING – China’s power consumption expanded 5.5 percent year-on-year in 2012 to 4.96 trillion kilowatt-hours, the National Energy Administration said Monday.…

    HK company registration hit record high in ’12

    15 january 2013 HONG KONG – A record high of 150,165 new local companies were registered here last year, with an average of more than 12,500 local companies incorporated each…

    The secret is out

    15 january 2013 Chinese retailers are increasingly looking to sell private label products to gain an edge Rene Pieter Bulthuis recently went hunting for razors and blades in Shanghai, despite…

    Reducing air pollution

    15 january 2013 When the level of airborne particles with a diameter of 2.5 microns or less, known as PM2.5, has reached more than 400 on average, and in some…

    China aims at becoming full IRENA member

    15 january 2013 ABU DHABI – China announced Sunday that it aims at becoming a full member of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in 2013, a move which was widely…

    China targeted by 72 trade probes in 2012

    15 january 2013 Chinese exports were targeted by a total of 72 trade investigations in 2012, according to China’s General Administration of Customs. Trade protectionism is prevalent globally and the…

    Vegetable prices on the rise in Jan

    15 january 2013 Vegetable prices kept increasing in the first 10 days of January compared with the last 10 days of December, while meat prices edged up, according to China’s…

    Pollution may make economy stumble

    15 january 2013 As a number of cities try to clear the air, specialists in Beijing warn that the pollution and emergency responses to reduce it could damage the economy…

    Foreign capital quotas set for major increase

    15 january 2013 A major increase in overseas capital will be allowed into the domestic A-share market, China’s top securities regulator said in Hong Kong on Monday. The A-share quota…

    China’s H2 GDP growth to quicken: DB

    15 january 2013 BEIJING – Deustche Bank forecast on Monday that the annual growth of China’s gross domestic product will quicken to 8.5 percent in the second half of 2013,…