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China lobbies for pipeline support in Myanmar, but environmental concerns persist

2 May 2013

Community groups in coastal Myanmar on Thursday urged the suspension of a Chinese-built deep-sea port and pipelines that will soon deliver oil and gas from the Bay of Bengal to China.

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Agency cuts ratings on power, resources firms

11 Apr 2013

Fitch Ratings has downgraded its local-currency credit rating on two state-backed power generators and three resources firms, a day after the rating agency's downgrade of a Chinese sovereign...

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CNPC chief Jiang Jiemin to take top job at Sasac in state shuffle

19 Mar 2013

Jiang Jiemin, the head of the country's biggest oil and gas producer, has been picked to lead a ministry-level agency that oversees about 70 trillion yuan (HK$87 trillion) of non-financial state...

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CNPC in talks with Eni for US$4b gas assets in Mozambique

8 Mar 2013

Italy's largest oil firm might sell a 20 per cent stake in a gas block to CNPC to share the cost of developing the project, the people said, asking not to be identified because the talks are...

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Business Digest, March 4, 2013

4 Mar 2013

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) would spend 15 billion yuan (HK$18.49 billion) to upgrade the quality of fuel it refines, general manager Zhou Jiping said.

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Jackie Chan’s China appointment draws Hong Kong ire

2 Mar 2013

Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan this week joins China’s top political advisory body in a move analysts say highlights Beijing’s growing “soft power” efforts to project unity between itself and...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

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China pays top dollar for gas imports

Gas imports by sea and pipeline will rise 24 per cent in 2013, according to China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the nation's biggest energy explorer. Crude purchases will climb 7.3 per cent and...

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State oil and pollution politics blamed for bad air in China

Bureaucratic fighting between the environment ministry on the one hand and China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec on the other has thwarted stricter emission standards for diesel trucks and...

2:32PM

Beijing has to reform its loss-making state-owned firms, say analysts

The Chinese economy's state-owned giants - dubbed "the elder sons of the republic" for always getting the best share of everything - have gone from strength to strength in the past decade.

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Morning Clicks: Vietnam claims South China Sea oil block, demands that bidding stop

The central government will invest a total of 400 billion yuan (HK$489.14bn) in healthcare by the end of China's 13th five-year plan (2016-2020).

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China protests at US bank sanctions

Beijing yesterday reacted furiously to new Washington sanctions imposed on a Chinese bank owned and run by China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) over transactions with Iran.

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Energy, cement firms eye total of HK$2b in IPOs

Two mainland companies unveiled plans to go public in Hong Kong, targeting a total of HK$2 billion after earlier delaying their announcements due to poor market conditions.

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