9th April 2010

The Lion Awakes 

News at a Glance

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A compilation of Headlines + Brief Summary from Chinese & International Publications relating to China.

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China News Archive

From 2008

China Daily

China urges int'l trust on climate issue

A Chinese official on Thursday pledged that the country will stick to its clean energy policy, while urging the international community to enhance mutual trust and push for more transparency and cooperation at the climate conference to be held in Mexico in November this year.

The largely-disappointing Copenhagen climate conference last December worked out a diluted unbinding accord which failed to nail down the exact figure on carbon reduction commitments.

Wang, Geithner exchange views on economic relations

BEIJING - Vice-Premier Wang Qishan met US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in the Chinese capital on Thursday and discussed economic ties.

In a brief statement after their meeting, the Treasury Department did not say whether the two sides discussed currency issues.

The Chinese Ministry of Finance could not be reached for comment.

Caixin Online

As CDM Stalls, Wind Energy Drifts in China

More than a dozen wind power projects failed to win international CDM funds, raising questions about the sector's direction

Wind energy advocates fear a recent decision by an international board overseeing the UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) may have dealt a devastating blow to China's CDM process.

The New York Times

China Seems Set to Loosen Hold on Its Currency

HONG KONG — The Chinese government is preparing to announce in the coming days that it will allow its currency to strengthen slightly and vary more from day to day, people with knowledge of the emerging consensus in Beijing said on Thursday. The move would help ease tension with the Obama administration about the United States’ huge trade deficit with China.

The Australian

China must do more as a big power

China has emerged as a world power far more quickly than most observers and China's own leaders might have predicted as little as a decade ago. China's rapid economic growth, juxtaposed against the US's problems in Iraq and Afghanistan, monumental debt and role in sparking the global financial crisis, have changed global power realities and global perceptions of those realities even more. China's current international influence probably outstrips its desire or capacity.

The Age

Hu gives up fight against Shanghai prison term
JOHN GARNAUT, BEIJING

AUSTRALIAN Stern Hu has resolved to stop fighting the Chinese justice system, as his wife Julie struggles to come to terms with his convictions for bribery and commercial espionage.

Last night's decision by the sacked Rio Tinto iron ore salesman not to appeal his 10-year jail sentence effectively closes one of the rockiest episodes in Australia-China relations.