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Call for action at climate talks in Doha

Urgent action is needed at crucial UN climate change talks in Doha, delegates were told on Monday.

Countries must act immediately "if we are to avoid a global catastrophe in the next generation. We cannot waver in our resolve to rise to this challenge", South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said at the opening ceremony.
Su Wei, China's chief climate negotiator and director of the department of climate change at the National Development and Reform Commission, urged developed economies ..>>read more

 
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sse 50 1568.75 1574.48 1555.16
sse comp 2027.38 2034.88 2017.00
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sse energy 2047.30 2062.68 2039.77
sse financials 2544.22 2556.24 2525.30
sse mega cap 1603.75 1611.07 1590.49
csi 300 2192.68 2202.47 2179.73
Green China: Nation's push for clean energy commended
 

Seemingly unnoticed by the rest of the world are the extraordinary strides China has made to create and use various forms of alternative energy, particularly clean sources like hydropower, solar and nuclear power. Constantly we read of pollution caused by China's use of coal for power, but the fact is that a considerable portion of the energy China uses every day comes not from fossil fuels but these three alternative sources.
China is the world's largest producer of hydroelectricity . ..>>more

 
 
Japanese car sales 'back on track' as customers return
 

Japanese automakers have started to see their sales in China rebound after Japan's illegal "purchase" of the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea caused sales to decline in the past two months.
Even so, analysts said the disagreement will continue to have repercussions, as will the inconsistent strategy Japanese companies have employed in trying to sell their products.
After declining by almost half in September, Toyota Motor Corp's sales in China have shown a "moderate rebound" since mid-October
..>> more

 
 
Lone stand against wrecking ball

A half-demolished residential building stands alone in the middle of a vast construction site near a railway station in Wenling city of East China's Zhejiang province on Nov 21, 2012. The residents refuse to leave as they are not satisfied with the amount of compensation offered to move. Their plight and stand has won them praise online.

Luo Baogen, one of only two residents including his wife living in a half-demolished residential building, watches TV in his bedroom in Wenling city.. >>more

 
 
 
 
 
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