China says climate policy must make room for growth
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China said on Monday its response to the threats of climate change must give overriding priority to economic development as the nation seeks to balance ambitions for growth with fears of environmental calamity.
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At a recent business summit, Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan predicted that China will sustain an annual economic growth rate of more than 7 per cent by 2020.
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New export taxes on polluting and energy intensive industries will help reshape how China's economy grows, but alone are not enough to resolve its trade imbalances with the United States, a top Commerce official said on Sunday.
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China's finance minister said economic growth of 9 percent this year would be acceptable, state television reported Wednesday, in the first acknowledgment by a senior official that growth might exceed the government's target of 7 percent.
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China's economy will grow by 9.3 percent this year, the government forecast Thursday, amid signs that efforts to tame the economic boom may be failing to cap inflation.
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China promised Monday to better control emissions of greenhouse gases, unveiling a national program to combat global warming, but rejected mandatory caps on emissions as unfair to countries still trying to catch up with the developed West.
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China went on the global warming offensive on Monday, unveiling a national climate change plan while stressing it will not sacrifice economic ambitions to international demands to cut greenhouse gas pollution.
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Climate change, not war or terrorism,  will be the century&#39;s biggest security challenge with China  unlikely to be able to feed its vast and growing population as  a result, Australia&#39;s top policeman has warned.
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China's explosive economic growth is outpacing environmental protection efforts, leaving the country awash in "out of control" acid rain, the China Daily said Tuesday.
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China is set to become to the world's largest consumer of energy by 2010, a report claims.
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Chinese economic growth slowed a touch  in the third quarter but not by enough to dispel expectations  of more interest rate rises and other policy curbs to stave off  the risk of overheating.
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China&#39;s leaders should not relax their efforts to cool the country&#39;s fast-growing economy, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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China will spend more to research global warming but lacks the money and technology to significantly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are worsening the problem, a government official said Tuesday.
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A day before President Bush's climate talks, China and other developing nations said Wednesday the need to provide food, shelter and clothes for their citizens must come ahead of global warming concerns.
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The European Union's adoption of measures to fight climate change this week could set an example for the United States, China and India, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday.
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China on Monday rejected international pressure to adopt mandatory caps on greenhouse gas production as it unveiled its first national program to help combat global warming.
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New export taxes on polluting and  energy intensive industries will help reshape how China&#39;s  economy grows, but alone are not enough to resolve its trade  imbalances with the United States, a top Commerce official said  on Sunday.