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Billions spent to protect world water: studyHanoi (AFP) June 23, 2010 Billions of dollars - mainly from China - are being poured into a fast-growing global system of rewards for people who protect endangered water resources, according to a study released Wednesday. The programmes, implemented by governments as well as the private sector and community groups, "could help avert a looming global water quality crisis," according to the report by Ecosystem Marketplace, a project of US-based non-profit organisation Forest Trends. It said the "emerging marketplace" of ... read more |
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Taipei (AFP) June 22, 2010Taiwan and China have arrested a total of 122 people on charges of phone fraud in the largest ever joint police operation carried out by the two sides, law enforcers on the island said. The two sides together mobilised more than 1,000 officers for raids launched simultaneously against a number of criminal groups in Taiwan and China Monday, Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau said in a sta ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 23, 2010China has announced it will remove tax rebates on some exports next month in a bid to rein in overcapacity, a move analysts say could ease trade tensions ahead of a G20 summit. Export tax rebates on 406 goods including some steel products, non-ferrous metals, corn starch and chemicals will be scrapped from July 15, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement posted on its website Tuesday. ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) June 22, 2010Japanese car giant Toyota said it had halted production at an assembly plant in southern China Tuesday due to a strike affecting an affiliated auto parts manufacturer, Dow Jones Newswires reported. The walkout at Denso (Guangzhou Nansha), a unit of Toyota-affiliated parts maker Denso Corp, is the latest in a spate of labour disputes to hit foreign companies in China, highlighting discontent ... more |
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China's Hu heads to G20 amid pressure over yuan, N.KoreaBeijing (AFP) June 23, 2010 Chinese President Hu Jintao leaves on Wednesday for the Group of 20 summit in Canada where he could face new pressure over China's currency controls and world efforts to rein in its ally North Korea. Hu will pay a three-day state visit to Canada before attending the G20's weekend meeting in Toronto. It will be his first international appearance since the People's Bank of China last weekend pledged further reform of the yuan, fuelling expectations Beijing would loosen its grip on the currency. ... read more |
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