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Dam set to displace 100000 - China.org.cn
About 100000 people living in the Three Gorges Dam area could be relocated over the next three to five years with massive landslides and bank collapses expected to hit the area, a government official said yesterday. The prospect of controlling or ...
Rare earth association 'to launch next month' - China.org.cn
The association, which will have more than 100 members, will be formally launched in Beijing on April 8, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation, who declined to be named. Several rare earth exploring and processing companies ...
China's first banned film released after 60 years - China.org.cn
Ltd after the company received a copy from a fan of classic films, who asked to remain anonymous. It is only available on DVD in physical and online bookstores. All copies of the film carry the label "research only" in the left corner of the cover.
Insurers put under higher supervision - China.org.cn
... China Taiping Insurance Group Co Ltd and China Export and Credit Insurance Corp - have been promoted to the vice-ministerial level, from their previous positions at the bureau level, according to a source at China Life who declined to be named.
Beijing strives to be coal-free - China.org.cn
It will be no easy task for the city to reach its 2015 goal, let alone become "coal-free," as it is extremely hard to banish the 2.15 million small coal furnaces in the city, said an environmental protection expert who refused to be named.
China pays for PM2.5 monitoring, US biz gains - China.org.cn
... and monitors do not qualify for approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency and are not accepted by the World Health Organization, said the official from the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau who declined to be named.
Dam proposal opens the floodgates of debate - China.org.cn
Another ministry official, who did not want to be identified discussing the project, told China Daily that Jiangxi is obviously pushing hard for the dam. "We actually don't approve environmental assessments for development plans.
Strike over, bonus double for LG local workers - China.org.cn
"We were really looking forward to the year-end bonuses, but the factory said it was in the red and gave out so little that we decided to fight for our interests by striking," said a worker who refused to be named. The workers resumed work at around 4 ...
More green terraces in Beijing soon - China.org.cn
"The government has been promoting the idea for years, but only a few property owners responded to it very actively," said an official working in the afforestation bureau in Chaoyang district who refused to give his name. "Some residents are reluctant ...
China's stocks rally on improving manufacturing data - China.org.cn
Easing concern about the country's inflation also helped buoy market sentiment as a senior government official said CPI growth will begin to decelerate in the remaining months this year. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, ...
Speed skating team manager dismissed over scuffle - China.org.cn
In an official notice posted by China's Winter Sports Administration on their website, administration officials said the decision to fire Wang Chunlu was not only related to the July incident. "It reflected a long-time neglect of team management," the ...
Nokia faces challenge in China market - China.org.cn
Nothing like this has ever happened before, said the manager, who refused to be identified. Based on the latest data from market research firm IDC, Apple Inc. has surpassed Nokia to become the world's largest smartphone maker. ...
Party experts break down Hu's speech for foreign diplomats - China.org.cn
Many diplomats refused to be named in the story, but said they found the event to be a helpful recap of the speech. They also said they learned a lot from the CPC representatives' candid responses during the question-and-answer period. ...
New insurance law to benefit more than 230000 foreigners - China.org.cn
More than 230000 foreign employees with work permits are expected to benefit from upcoming changes to China's Social Insurance Law, a senior government official said on Wednesday. Xu Yanjun, deputy director of social security center of the Ministry of ...
Growing threat to wetlands survival - China.org.cn
The senior expert who did not want to be identified said he sees the city's wetland protection going nowhere if Beijing continues to develop without taking into account its level of resources. "There is no way out if the city continues to expand, ...
CCB tightens housing policy - China.org.cn
The bank has also increased the interest rate for first homes in Zhejiang to 10 percent more than the benchmark rate set by the People's Bank of China, said an official with CCB's news department, who declined to be identified because of the lender's ...
China to cut 200 bln budget in railway - China.org.cn
An anonymous source was quoted as saying the discussions ended in agreement that this year's investment in the construction of railway infrastructure would be slashed by 200 million yuan from the planned 700 billion. The news report went on to say that ...
Sany shares plummet from bribery rumor - China.org.cn
Shares of Shanghai-listed Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd dropped 4.3 percent on Wednesday after an anonymous source claimed the Changsha, Hunan province-based company used bribery to win orders and maintain its clients. The authenticity of the claim is yet ...
Project under way to relocate residents - China.org.cn
"Some residents will be moved out to nearby villages where there are abundant water sources," the official, who declined to be named, said. "Some will settle down in cities or relatively developed towns with better educational and living systems. ...
Officials' numbers made public - China.org.cn
An official from the organization department of the provincial Party committee, who refused to be named, told China Daily that the aim is to "strengthen discipline surveillance and smooth the channels for the public to report discipline violation ...
Baosteel takes can-do attitude to Vietnam - China.org.cn
Two-piece steel beverage cans made at the factory, Baosteel's first outside China, will be sold in southern Vietnam and southeastern Asian countries, including Thailand, said the manager, who declined to be named because the matter has not been made ...
Tibetan monk dies of self-immolation in SW China - China.org.cn
Rigzin Phuntsog, 16, set himself on fire at around 4 pm Wednesday, a county government spokesman said on condition of anonymity. Local authorities wrongly identified the monk as another Tibetan, a 24-year-old from the neighboring village who goes with ...
Green standards issued for rare earths - China.org.cn
An executive from Ganzhou Rare Earth Mineral Industry Co Ltd, who declined to be named, said at least 60 percent of producers would have difficulty meeting the standards, which means they will face increasing production costs trying to implement them. ...
PBOC plans overhaul of money policy - China.org.cn
... of China has already prepared a draft version of the reform, the Beijing-based newspaper China Securities Journal cited an anonymous source as saying. ...
Bureaucrats abuse relief fund at sacrifice of quake survivors - China.org.cn
... 80-million-yuan relief fund, was intended to rebuild residential buildings and wrecked factories, said another official, who declined to give his name.