Latest China Headlines
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TPP Trade Pact Misses Deadline as More Talks Planned for January
Dec 10 2013 // Ministers negotiating the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact said today they would miss a year-end deadline to complete the deal. “We identified potential landing zones for the majority of key outstanding...
Obama Product Safety Chief Tenenbaum Returns to South Carolina
Dec 6 2013 // After four years in Washington as the nation’s products safety czar, Inez Tenenbaum is coming home to the Columbia area, her life changed in ways large and small. “Now I’m always giving advice unsolicited...
China, India Succeed in Weakening Warsaw Global Warming Pact
Nov 26 2013 // China and India’s success in weakening the latest global warming agreement created friction with other developing nations that are seeking to step up the fight against climate change. The two countries insisted on...
China Pushes Child Safety Seats to Cut Road Deaths
Nov 25 2013 // China lost almost three times as many children in car accidents as the U.S. last year, even though it has fewer than half the number of vehicles. The government increased penalties this year for failing to fasten seat...
Global Warming Pact Expected from Warsaw Talks
Nov 22 2013 // Envoys from 190 nations are close to agreeing upon the first building blocks for the next treaty aimed at fighting global warming, sketching the way to worldwide cuts in fossil-fuel emissions. The delegates, due to finish...
UPDATE: Swiss Re Buying Zurich’s Stake in New China Life for $493 Million
Nov 21 2013 // Swiss Re announced that it has entered into a transaction with Zurich Insurance Company Ltd to acquire a 4.9 percent stake in New China Life Insurance Company Ltd, in a move it described as reaffirming its...
Zurich Insurance Seeks $943 Million for Stake in New China Life
Nov 20 2013 // Zurich Insurance Group AG is selling its entire stake in New China Life Insurance Co. for $943 million, or HK$25 a share, according to the terms of the deal obtained by Bloomberg News. Switzerland’s biggest insurer...
World Falling Behind in Race to Cut Carbon Emissions: Study
Nov 20 2013 // The world is getting further off track in limiting global warming with setbacks in Japan and Australia outweighing positive signals from the United States and China, a study showed on Wednesday. A Climate Action Tracker...
Philippine Disaster Fuels Call for Rich Nations to Compensate Poor for Global Warming Losses
Nov 18 2013 // The typhoon that killed thousands of people in the Philippines has energized debate about whether rich nations should compensate poor ones for climate-related losses, a proposal the U.S. and European Union are...
China Weighs Easing Rules on Animal Testing of Cosmetics
Nov 15 2013 // China is considering a rule change that would allow the sale of some cosmetics without requiring them to be tested on animals, opening up a potential route into the Chinese market for international firms opposed to the...
Europe Urged to Retain Climate Leadership As Competitive Advantage
Nov 15 2013 // Europe’s abdication from climate leadership would stunt growth in the region and hand a huge economic advantage to China and the United States as they carve out their share of a multi-billion low-carbon market, a...
Much of Eastern Asia Underinsured for Weather As Risk, Values Rising
Nov 13 2013 // Insured losses from weather-related events in Eastern Asia amount to only about 10 percent of the $700 billion in total losses accumulated over the last three decades, according to an analysis by Munich Re. According to...
UPDATE: AIR Worldwide on Typhoon Haiyan’s Catastrophic Destruction
Nov 11 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, in the three days since Super Typhoon Haiyan roared through the central Philippines, the scale of the devastation revealed in its wake continues to...
Super Typhoon Haiyan Slams into Central Philippines; Millions Flee
Nov 8 2013 // The strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land, battered the central Philippines on Friday, forcing millions of people to flee to safer ground, cutting power lines and blowing...
World Needs Insurance Industry to Be ‘Bold’ and ‘Sexy’ Now, PLUS Told
Nov 4 2013 // It’s time for the insurance industry to be “bold” and “sexy” in creating new insurance products and services to help the world deal with extreme risks that are becoming more common, according...
Emerging Economies Nearing Half of Global Warming Emissions
Nov 1 2013 // Total greenhouse gas emissions by China and other emerging nations since 1850 will surpass those of rich nations this decade, complicating U.N. talks about who is most to blame for global warming, a study showed on...
Munich Re Says China to Remain Centerpiece of Asia Expansion
Oct 25 2013 // Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, said China will remain its biggest growth market in Asia as it considers countries such as India too unpredictable to step up investment. “Our biggest customers in...
Chinese Drywall Maker Questions Product Liability Ruling
Oct 21 2013 // A Chinese drywall manufacturer asked a federal appeals court on Oct. 9 to overturn a judge’s ruling that U.S. courts have jurisdiction over claims that its defective product wrecked thousands of homes. A three-judge...
Icebergs, Insurance Hamper Top of the World Shipping Route
Oct 16 2013 // The new shipping route opened up through the Arctic by climate change will not be crowded any time soon. Cargoes of coal, diesel and gas have made the trip but high insurance costs, slow going and strict environmental...
Defective Drywall: Chinese Maker Questions Ruling
Oct 11 2013 // A Chinese drywall manufacturer asked a federal appeals court on Oct. 9 to overturn a judge’s ruling that U.S. courts have jurisdiction over claims that its defective product wrecked thousands of homes. A three-judge...
