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China is pouring money into clean energy - not just to tackle climate change but because these are economically fruitful industries. And as China develops them, the technologies will get cheaper for everyone.
Ten years ago, the English Potteries looked to be breathing their last. Their reinvention should bring hope to struggling manufacturing bases everywhere.
China, the world’s biggest greenhouse emitter, will set up a national emissions trading scheme beginning in 2017. Our experts react to the announcement, made during President Xi Jinping’s US state visit.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a landmark commitment on climate change, pledging to launch what will become the world’s largest and most important emissions trading scheme when it begins in 2017.
The meeting between the leaders of China and the United States has rapidly become the gold standard for set-piece diplomatic extravaganzas. Xi Jinping and Barack Obama are, after all, the two most powerful…
A summit between officials from the US and China on climate change underscores the crucial role cities need to play in meeting national carbon-emission goals.
The UK’s first new nuclear power station since the 1990s is coming at the expense of renewable energy and leaving us unnervingly in hock to the Chinese.
While the timing of the planned forum is not ideal, it continues a long tradition of Chinese leaders engaging with US tech leaders and may prove beneficial to overall relations.
The Thai authorities have finally announced they are exploring a connection between the recent Bangkok bombing and Chinese Uighur separatists. Why?
What you should know about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
China has signalled a plan to slim down its state-owned enterprises, but there’s no sign yet it’s willing to give up any real control.
Market speculation on whether the Fed will raise rates is reaching fever pitch, but the central bank no longer has the pull it once did.
Analysis of free trade agreements with New Zealand, the US and Thailand show these failed to boost Australian agriculture and food imports.
Outdoor air pollution causes 3.3 million premature deaths a year, mainly in Asia. And without policies to cut particulate pollution from traffic, industry and home biofuels, the deaths could double by 2050.
More than 3m people die from air pollution each year, according to a new study but China is awake to the problem.
When you scrape below the surface it’s not hard to see that ‘culture’ is the wrong answer to almost every question.
Sanctions against Russia and China would only escalate cyber-attacks, when what’s needed is international agreement.
The housing and housing affordability crisis will not be solved by a clamp-down on one group of buyers.
Having a Queen is a distinct business advantage, particularly due to reverence for the monarchy in new and emerging markets like China.
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