Asian Development Outlook- April 2025
<p>Weak consumption in the People’s Republic of China will partly offset robust domestic demand in South Asia. Disinflation is expected to continue, driven by lower food and energy prices, along
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New ideas: Innovative plans may be key to greener future
With carbon markets worth more than
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South China Braces For First Typhoon Of Year
Southern China braced on Thursday for the first typhoon of the year, with almost 22,000 fishing boats called back to harbour, state media said. Typhoon Neoguri was heading north for the island province of Hainan, skirting the coast of Vietnam, and was forecast to make landfall on Friday night or Saturday morning. "Heavy rain and strong gales will hit Guangdong and Hainan with the approach of the typhoon," Xinhua news agency said.
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Marathon medalist worried more about heat than pollution in Beijing
The men's marathon gold medalist at the 2004 Olympics in Athens said Thursday he is worried more about heat and humidity than air pollution during the upcoming Games in Beijing, which he will take part in. Stefano Baldini also told reporters that the recent debate over China's treatment of Tibet and other issues surrounding the Olympics has put him in an awkward position being asked to make political comments at a time when he wants to focus on his training.
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Growth of world trade falls sharply
World trade growth declined sharply in 2007 and is expected to slow further this year as financial turmoil and rising commodity prices further depress global economic activity, the World Trade Organisation said yesterday. Preliminary estimates suggest the volume of world trade rose 5.5 per cent in 2007, down from a robust 8.5 per cent in 2006. Based on the latest gloomy global output forecasts by the International Monetary Fund, the WTO says trade growth this year could slip to 4.5 per cent, the lowest since 2002.
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China Bosses Jailed For Mine Flood That Killed 172
Two Chinese coal mine managers have been jailed for seven years for negligence after a colliery flood killed 172 workers, the country's worst such accident in decades, local media said on Wednesday. The tragedy happened in August 2007 when a river dyke burst in torrential rain, sending water rushing into two mineshafts. The miners were declared dead after weeks of trying to pump out the water ended in vain.
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Tibetan wildlife is getting used to the railway
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China to fund five projects in Sri Lanka, says Minister
Minister of Export Development and International Trade of Sri Lanka, Prof GL Peiris today revealed that the Chinese government has confirmed its earlier agreement to fund five projects in the country. Speaking at a media briefing in Colombo, the Minister told that the Chinese government has given its confirmation to provide 455 million US dollars for the construction of the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant during the recent official visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to China.
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Glacial melt thaws South Asian rivalry
More than 70 international climate scientists met in Kathmandu earlier this month to begin the tricky scientific
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Need for balance
Climate change talks pose a difficult challenge.
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$18bn later, Beijing still lies shrouded in smog
BEIJING'S unveiling of drastic measures, including a two-month freeze on all construction, is an admission that despite spending about $A18.3 billion in the past decade to reduce smog, the Chinese capital's air quality remains a formidable challenge. The tacit admission comes as a University of California report to be published next month suggests that China's carbon dioxide emissions have been underestimated and China probably overtook the US as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in 2006-07.