New life for coal in quake's aftermath Asia Times | By Jianjun Tu | Two months after the May 12, 8.0-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest China, with its epicenter at Wenchuan county in Sichuan province, the attention of Beijing's leaders has shifted from the direct damages caused by the disas...
Bright days for copper Hong Kong Standard Dr Check today focuses on Jiangxi Copper (0358) - the mainland's largest integrated copper producer. Its first-quarter results were good, with earnings growing 46 percent year on year. | //--> Tuesday, July 15, 2008 | Dr Check today focuses on Jiangx...
Dragon Under Fire Irish Times In this section » | FIND THE RIGHT MANAGEMENT GURU TO FOLLOWRESPONSIBLE BUSINESS SENSETACKLING POVERTYTHE RIGHT PRIORITIESGREEN OPERATORSALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR THE FUTURECLIFFORD COONAN | China is fighting off growing competition from Vietnam and Indi...
China's quake offers nice pickings Asia Times | By John Ng | HONG KONG - Local officials can invariably find ways to use a central government policy to serve their own interests, or as Chinese wits put it: "Whenever the power center issues a new policy, measures can always be found to get around...
Fuda Faucet Announces the Addition of a Second Electroplating Production Line Insurance Newsnet YIYANG, Jiangxi, China, July 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fuda Faucet Works, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FUFW) (''Fuda Faucet'' or ''the Company''), a Chinese company engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing, marketing and distributin...
Ties with PRC, now most important to RP, also involves security matters The Manila Times By Katrice R. Jalbuena, Reporter | Under the Arroyo administration, the relationship with China appears to have become the most important. | As a reflection of this importance, China has the most number of Philippine diplomatic postings in one countr...
Shimao counts on second half Hong Kong Standard Shimao Property Holdings (0813) is confident it can reach its sales target this year, even though it has reaped only 4 billion yuan (HK$4.5 billion) in the first half, or 25 percent of the full-year target. | //--> LiyiChen | Tuesday, June 24, 2008 |...
China's floods subside, but more may follow The Independent | Floodwaters began to recede in parts of southern China today after killing at least 63 people and causing billions of pounds of damage. | But heavy rain forecast for the next few days in central China had officials worrying about flooding on the Ye...
New life for coal in quake's aftermath Asia Times | By Jianjun Tu | Two months after the May 12, 8.0-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest China, with its epicenter at Wenchuan county in Sichuan province, the attention of Beijing's leaders has shifted from the direct damages caused by the disaster to its potential corollary impacts on China's growth and to maintaining President Hu Jintao's "s...
As markets contract, miners offer a refuge from trouble The Times | In the past two months the world's largest mining groups have lost more than 25 per cent of their value as investors have grown concerned about the impact of an economic slowdown on demand for their products. Shares in BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Xstrata have slumped since the end of May, but now the sell-off looks overdone. | Con...
