Such incidents have thrust the environment onto the agenda of this year's National People's Congress, China's annual legislative meeting in session in Beijing.
According to a report for the U.S. Congress, China and the United States are the leading emitters of greenhouse gases, responsible for about 35% of global emissions.
But China does not formally need Congress's nod in order to join.
WTO's 135 members, notably the European Union, have yet to agree entry terms with China, and America's Congress has to endorse the deal.
He highlighted the importance also of the forthcoming UNESCO Creative Economy Report, the Congress in Hangzhou, China, on culture and development and the forthcoming UN General Assembly debate on the same theme.
Lau Nai-keung, a Hong Kong member of China's National People's Congress, adds that because of Macau's reliance on tourism, its low tolerance for troublemakers is understandable.
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Lori Wallach, the (surprisingly humorous) director of Public Citizen Global Trade Watch, prefers to focus on the normalisation of trade with China, due to be discussed in Congress in May, rather than on the Bretton Woods twins.
Further, thanks to planned investments by companies like Cisco, 3Com, Lucent, Microsoft, United Technologies, Motorola and Texas Instruments, if Congress approves normal trade with China, expect American and world markets to be flooded with ever higher-tech Chinese goods: broadband routers, telecommunications switches, semiconductors, servers, applications software and aerospace engine parts.
China is also hosting the Global Botanic Gardens Congress in Wuhan this month, where the BGCI will launch a survey of garden collections of threatened species.
In the past 18 months Cook has met with members of Congress on Capitol Hill and toured factories in China that make Apple products.
The Third International Congress on TVET organized by UNESCO in Shanghai (China) in May 2012 underscored this reality and made strong recommendations for countries to develop appropriate policies to enhance the relevance of TVET to their national development objectives.
Recognizing the urgency of this situation, some 800 education specialists and representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations, industrial leaders and entrepreneurs will meet in Shanghai (China) from 13 to 16 May for the Third International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
Another reason is that the American Congress is about to vote on a proposal to grant China permanent normal trading relations, in effect approving its membership of the World Trade Organisation (see article).
On China and other issues, administration officials devote countless hours to liaison with Congress: to answering letters, preparing testimony, and appearing on the Hill.
Lott's greater problem is steering China's entry into the World Trade Organization through the election-year Congress.
This year 34 private entrepreneurs have been chosen as delegates to the Congress, up from just 17 at the 17th Party Congress in 2007, according to statistics revealed by state-run China Economic Weekly.
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Booming economies in China and India, a Federal Reserve that loves to print money and a Congress that believes in big subsidies for alternative fuel have combined to do wonders for all kinds of energy stocks the past five years.
Kemp agrees with the president that Congress should vote again to extend most-favored-nation status to China.
China is responding, sending a top envoy to Washington to meet with members of Congress and some of the most vocal activists.
China's Huawei submerged its Ascend D2 phone for the benefit of attendees at the Mobile World Congress, and Kyocera added a water-resistant Hydro smartphone to its line last summer.
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