Tag: China

Yingli Solar to Become the First Carbon Neutral FIFA World Cup Sponsor

BAODING, China and RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 27, 2014 (PRNewswire) — Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) module manufacturer in the world, known as “Yingli Solar,” today hosted a press conference in Rio de Janeiro to announce the Company’s plans… Continue reading Yingli Solar to Become the First Carbon Neutral FIFA World Cup Sponsor

First Nonstop Flight from Mainland China Lands at Boston Logan Airport

Boston, June 22, 2014, –Hainan Airlines launched a brand new route from Beijing to Boston, using its latest Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The new flights commenced on June 20, 2014 marking the first ever direct passenger service between Boston and mainland China. Initially, Hainan Airlines will operate the trans-Pacific route four times a week, with… Continue reading First Nonstop Flight from Mainland China Lands at Boston Logan Airport

Airlines Add Direct Routes between China and US

Beijing, June 20, 2014 (Global Times), — It is quite rare to see numerous routes opened between China and the United States within two weeks, but this is exactly what is happening now. Hainan Airlines, the fourth-largest airline in China in terms of fleet size, opens the nonstop route between Beijing and Boston, its third… Continue reading Airlines Add Direct Routes between China and US

China’s Real Estate Market Continues to Grow

BEIJING, June 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — After the adjustment in the first half year, now the entire real estate market has become stable, in particular the situation of the real estate market in the past several weeks has indicated the warming again after a cold spell and the confidence of market participants is recovering. An… Continue reading China’s Real Estate Market Continues to Grow

Wu Dengming, A Green Fighter/ “绿林好汉”吴登明

Wu Dengming, environmental activist, died on July 19, 2013 at age 73. 吴登明，环保运动者，7月19日逝世，享年73岁。 IN THE main room of the small, old-fashioned house, stacked full of books, an old fan scarcely moved the stuffy air around. Wu Dengming’s daughter kept pleading for air-conditioning. Elsewhere in Chongqing, China’s fastest-growing inland city, where 10m people lived in a… Continue reading Wu Dengming, A Green Fighter/ “绿林好汉”吴登明

Nanjing Massacre and “Comfort Women” Might Be Listed as “Memory of World”

Beijing, June 11 (Xinhua) — China on Wednesday rejected Japan’s call for it to withdraw an application to register records of Japan’s wartime sex slaves with UNESCO. “We will not accept Japan’s unreasonable protest, and will not drop our application,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a daily news briefing. China asks UNESCO… Continue reading Nanjing Massacre and “Comfort Women” Might Be Listed as “Memory of World”

China Celebrates 70th Anniversary of D-Day

（CCTV news）June 6, 2014 was the 70th anniversary of the World War II invasion of Normandy, better known as D-Day. The event marked the beginning of the French liberation from Nazi Germany. President Obama participated in a group photo of world leaders attending the D-Day 70th anniversary ceremonies at Château de Bénouville in Bénouville, France.

The Gloves Come off at 2014 Shangri-La Dialogue

By Nigel Inkster, Director, Transnational Threats and Political Risk By general consensus, the 2014 Shangri-La Dialogue entered new territory. Until now, exchanges at the Dialogue had been very Asian in their circumspection and avoidance of controversy. Pressure has been building up for some time, driven by regional concerns about the implications of an increasingly assertive and… Continue reading The Gloves Come off at 2014 Shangri-La Dialogue