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Corporate sponsors quiet as Beijing Olympics get underway
Feb 7, 2022
U.S. officials are boycotting the Games over accusations of human rights abuses in China, and companies have been pressured to pull out or speak up.
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U.S. targets $300B of Chinese goods for new tariff hikes
May 14, 2019
Also Tuesday, China’s tightly controlled social media were filled with comments lambasting Washington following weeks of little online discussion of the dispute.
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Trade dispute deepens as China ups tariffs on $60B in U.S. goods
May 13, 2019
The announcement follows an increase in American tariffs on Chinese goods.
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Beijing declares dramatic success in fighting air pollution
by
Jennifer Pak
May 8, 2019
China says it has succeeded in cutting the city's pollution over 5 years.
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China's growth slowdown is more than what meets the eye
Dec 14, 2018
We got some data out of China today that showed slowing growth in retail sales and factory output at three-year lows. Add to that some meh car sales and weak consumer sentiment. In short, economic growth is the world’s second largest economy is continuing to slow. Some of which is predictable, expected even, as the […]
Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Rob Schmitz
Jul 31, 2015
The country's economy is in a different place this time around.
China's fight for cleaner air
by
Rob Schmitz
Jul 15, 2014
“China’s growth model is based on the idea that natural resources are free."
For public good, not for profit.
Will adding subway lines save Beijing from traffic and smog?
by
Rob Schmitz
May 22, 2013
Beijing has announced it will add 50 miles of subway track by the end of next year, making the city's subway system bigger than New York's. But will the new additions alleviate the city's notorious traffic and pollution?
Dangerous air pollution levels hit Beijing
by
Rob Schmitz
Jan 14, 2013
Air quality in China's capital this weekend was at levels judged hazardous to health. Authorities fear environmental concerns could spark social instability.
China's 'hutong' economics
by
Rob Schmitz
Nov 12, 2012
As China's leaders meet behind closed doors in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, shop owners in the neighborhoods of twisted alleyways known as hutongs share their outlook on their own -- and China's -- economic prospects.