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China tells Apple to ‘care for workers’
The man tipped to be China’s next leader has told Apple that foreign firms should protect workers, state media said Thursday, as the US giant fends off criticism over factory conditions in China. International labour watchdog groups have said workers in Chinese plants run by major Apple supplier Foxconn of…
China firms knock U.S. duties on solar products
Chinese firms have accused the United States of setting up trade barriers after Washington slapped duties on their solar products in the latest trade row between the two countries. Washington said Tuesday it would collect duties of between 2.9 and 4.7 percent on Chinese solar cells and panels, in a preliminary ruling following an investigation over…
China’s spending on renewable energy soars
World’s biggest polluter spends £4bn a year on wind and solar power generation in single region as it aims to cut fossil fuel use. The remote, wind-blasted desert of northwestern Gansu could be the most unloved, environmentally abused corner of China. It is home to the country’s first oilfield and…
Asia is world’s top weapons importer
Asia leads the world when it comes to weapon imports, according to a study released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Globally the volume of international transfers of majorconventional weapons was 24 percent higher in the period 2007-11 compared to the 2002-06 period, the report said. Over the past five…
China firm sacks four over diseased ducks scandal
A leading Chinese poultry company said on Monday it had sacked four employees suspected of being involved in a food safety scandal that saw diseased ducks sold to unsuspecting consumers. The case is the latest in a long list of high-profile food safety problems to hit China that have included pork deliberately laced with chemicals, dyed buns…
China ‘in for bumpy ride’ as new generation prepares to take power
The ousting of leadership contender Bo Xilai may be a sign of trouble ahead as once-a-decade power transition approaches. It was the greatest political upheaval in years, but it may not be the last. China’s dramatic ousting of the leadership contender Bo Xilai on Friday may have been an anomaly…
Tibetan immolation prompts big gathering: groups
BEIJING — A Tibetan father-of-three set himself on fire in China, prompting a large gathering of monks and lay people, rights groups said, as tensions in Tibetan-inhabited areas show no signs of abating. Sonam Dargye, 43, died after setting himself on fire Saturday in Tongren in the northwestern province of…
Air pollution could become China’s biggest health threat, expert warns
Jonathan Watts, guardian.co.uk Air pollution will become the biggest health threat in China unless the government takes greater steps to monitor and publicise the dangers of smog, the country’s leading respiratory disease specialist warned this week. Lung cancer and cardiovascular illnesses are already rising and could get worse in the…
China to vote on controversial criminal law changes
BEIJING — Chinese lawmakers are due to vote Wednesday on changes to the criminal law that would give police powers to detain some suspects for up to six months in unofficial locations known as “black jails”. Secret detentions in China are well-documented. Many people — from renowned artist Ai Weiwei…
China may send its first woman into space: Xinhua
China may send its first woman into space this year after including female astronauts in the team training for its first manned spacedocking, state media said Monday. Three astronauts will blast off on board Shenzhou (“Divine Vessel”) IX between June and August to conduct a manual docking with the Tiangong-1 module currently…
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