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Chinese megacity limits outdoor lighting to save power
Published on 06/08/2024
» BEIJING - The megacity of Hangzhou, home to some of China’s largest companies, has banned all nonessential landscape lighting to conserve energy as extreme heat pushed up demand for electricity and air-conditioning and tested power grids.
Fly Thai Vietjet to Shanghai and Hangzhou from THB 0*
Published on 13/11/2023
» Actively responding to the temporary tourist visa exemption scheme to passport holders of the People's Republic of China, as well as rapidly expanding its international flight network to facilitate the increasing travel demand, Thai Vietjet announced to commence two new flight services between Thailand and China, including Shanghai and Hangzhou from Bangkok by A320 aircraft, on 6 December and 20 December 2023, respectively, with attractive fares from just THB 0*.
China's Wall Street woos Thai investors
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 18/02/2023
» Chinese authorities are urging Thai businesspeople to invest in Shanghai's Lujiazui Financial City, the largest financial zone in mainland China.
High office vacancy rates trouble China
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 17/08/2020
» China's economy has rebounded since the coronavirus outbreak eased, but office vacancies in major cities are at their highest since the global financial crisis in 2008, reaching an average of 15% in the first quarter of this year.
China removes stock regulator after market meltdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/02/2016
» BEIJING — The head of China’s securities regulator has been removed from his post after last year’s $5-trillion stock-market bust, an unprecedented government rescue and a renewed crisis as plunging Chinese equities last month reverberated around the world.
Megacities hit hard by surging sea levels even at 2C rise: study
AFP, Published on 09/11/2015
» PARIS - Large swathes of Shanghai, Mumbai, New York and other cities will slip under the waves even if an upcoming climate summit limits global warming to two degrees Celsius, scientists reported Sunday.
China cuts 2014 GDP growth from 7.4% to 7.3%: govt
AFP, Published on 07/09/2015
» BEIJING - China on Monday lowered its GDP growth figure for last year by 0.1 percentage points to 7.3 percent, official figures showed, as concerns mount over slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.
IMF warns of 'disorderly correction' if China reform slows
AFP, Published on 15/08/2015
» WASHINGTON - The IMF warned that China, the world's second-largest economy, could face a "disorderly correction" followed by slower growth if its reform program slows.
China central bank cuts interest rates in surprise move
AFP, Published on 21/11/2014
» China's central bank on Friday unexpectedly cut benchmark interest rates for the first time in more than two years, as authorities seek to prop up flagging growth in the world's second-largest economy.
China hails free trade zone on one-year anniversary
AFP, Published on 29/09/2014
» SHANGHAI - China on Monday hailed the one-year anniversary of its first free-trade zone (FTZ), but foreign companies expressed disappointment over the pace of pledged reforms as they await real business opportunities.