Image-conscious China chides its 'unruly' tourists

Peak Oil

17 Aug 2012

Two months ago, the US Department of Agriculture forecast the biggest corn harvest in history: 376million tonnes. After two months of record heat and drought in the US Midwest, it has dropped its...

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You've got the power

23 Jul 2012

The world was a better place before the global financial crisis, but it was not perfect. People may now gloss over the fact that, before the crisis, Asia was in the grips of an inflation scare....

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New resources reality set to bite

3 Jun 2012

Naturally, the world's attention is focused on Spain, Greece, the euro and their consequences for the global economy. Any day could bring a turning point for better or worse.

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Property prices fall for eighth month

3 May 2012

Mainland home prices fell for the eighth month in a row last month, data from one of the country's largest property research firms shows.

Year on year, prices fell for the first time last...

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Beware the shifting sands

17 Feb 2012

Sunshine Oilsands, founded by Canadian oil and gas industry veteran Michael Hibberd and geologist Shen Songning in 2007, is seeking to raise up to US$700 million in Hong Kong's first initial...

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Canary in China's coal mine stopped singing in January

13 Feb 2012

Interpreting January's economic data from China is always tricky. There are too many distortions around the Lunar New Year holidays to draw conclusions with any confidence.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Howard Winn

Way to go

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letters

Not all biofuels are good for the planet

Cathay Pacific is planning to use biofuels to meet strict carbon emission requirements. This is great news, because if airliners use...

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Record crop yields likely to stem food inflation

The mainland's grain output rose 4.5 per cent this year to a record 571.21 million tonnes, with corn output beating expectations, the National Bureau of Statistics said.

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Beijing pressed to open up on grain stockpiles

The last month has been the busiest time of year for Li Yingwen and his fellow grain farmers.

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Virgin to use jet fuel made from steel mill waste gas

Virgin Atlantic Airways says it may have found the best source yet for aviation biofuel.

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China's US$21b fossil fuel subsidy

China doled out US$21 billion of subsidies on pollution-prone fossil fuel consumption last year, hampering efforts to cut global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the International Energy...

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Too poor for one square meal a day

Low-income families in the city cannot afford even half the price of a square meal needed for a balanced daily diet, according to a study.

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