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Human Activity Main Reason for Reduced Sediment Transport in Yellow River: Study

Dec 29, 2015

Chinese scientists have found that sediment transport in Yellow River was reduced mainly due to anthropogenic changes. The Yellow River was once the world's largest carrier of fluvial sediment, with 90 percent coming from the Loess ...

Tags: Human Activity, Yellow River

China to Strongly Develop Robot Industry

Dec 29, 2015

The World Robot Conference 2015 is set to close in Beijing on this Wednesday. During the three-day expo, China has been encouraging overseas robotics companies to share technologies with China-based vendors. Meantime, China is ...

Tags: Robot Industry

Oil Prices to Remain Low Well Into 2016

Dec 29, 2015

Crude prices have gone down nearly 30 percent this year, and analysts expect oil prices to remain low for even longer. Boon for consumers Lower oil prices are generally good for US consumers and the economy, said Jason Bordoff, ...

Tags: Oil Prices, Crude Oil

China Fines Shipping Companies for Price Fixing

Dec 29, 2015

More details have been revealed about a price fixing case which involves eight international ocean freight shipping companies operating in China. The companies include Japan's NYK Line and "K" Line, and Chile's CSAV. The eight companies ...

Tags: Shipping Companies, Price Fixing

The LED Lighting Outlook for Invisible LED Busines

Dec 29, 2015

The LED lighting industry outlook for invisible LED business opportunities has been increasingly optimistic, with many international and Taiwanese companies jumping in this new blue sea market. Japanese, Korean, European and American ...

Tags: LED Lighting, UV LED

Air China Opens First Direct Flight from Beijing to Havana

Dec 28, 2015

Air China has announced the opening of the first direct flight from Beijing to Cuba's capital Havana. The flight shortens the travelling time between the two cities from 20 hours to 16. He Zhigang is the marketing director of Air China ...

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New Law Allows PLA to Undertake Counterterror Missions Overseas

Dec 28, 2015

China's new counter-terrorism law has made it legal for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to participate in counterterror missions overseas. The PLA and the country's armed police forces may carry out such operations with the approval ...

Tags: New Law, PLA, Counterterror Missions Overseas

Huawei Marine to Build trans-Atlantic Cable System

Dec 28, 2015

Huawei Marine Networks is looking to construct a Cameroon-Brazil Cable System (CBCS), connecting Africa to Latin America. The project is invested by CamTel, China Unicom and Telefónica, who will support the initiative by providing ...

Tags: Huawei, trans-Atlantic Cable System

China Builds Ground Service Center for Satnav System

Dec 28, 2015

A ground data center that will support China's independent satellite navigation system was given the go-ahead Friday to offer location based services (LBS). Located in central China's Henan Province, the center features 63 data stations ...

Tags: Ground Service Center, Satnav System

Wearable Technology Is No. 1 Fitness Trend for 2016

Dec 28, 2015

Nearly 3,000 health and fitness experts worldwide have voted wearable technology as the number one fitness trend of 2016. The trend list also includes high intensity interval training and yoga. The American College of Sports Medicine ...

Tags: Wearable Technology

Chinese Shares Register Gains Friday on Strong Transportation Sector

Dec 28, 2015

Chinese stocks posted gains on Friday as market sentiment was boosted by a strong transportation sector. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.43 percent to close at 3,627.91 points. The smaller Shenzhen index gained 0.37 percent ...

Tags: Shares, Transportation Sector

China's State Companies Report Improving Profitability

Dec 28, 2015

Profit declines for China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) continued but narrowed in November, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Friday. China's non-financial SOEs raked in 2 trillion yuan (309.1 billion U.S. dollars) in profits from ...

Tags: State Companies, Profitability

AIIB to be Lean, Clean, Green, Says President-designate

Dec 28, 2015

The China-proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was formally established Friday. Expectations are high for the new global multilateral financial institution, which will operate in an open, fair and efficient manner, AIIB's ...

Tags: AIIB, Lean

AIIB Formally Established in Beijing

Dec 28, 2015

The China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a complement to existing international financial system, was formally established Friday in Beijing and expected to start operation early next year. "The AIIB is legally ...

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GE Wins China Hydropower Plant Contract

Dec 28, 2015

U.S.-based General Electric has won a contract to supply turbines to the Wudongde hydropower plant located in southwest China. The company will provide six turbine-generator sets and related equipment, accounting for half of the project's ...

Tags: GE, China Hydropower