American executives say that in the past few months they have seen a reversal in the U.S.-China business environment--but most refuse to talk about it publicly for fear of antagonizing China, the fastest-growing big economy.
The promise of reducing pesticide use in this country, which uses twice the amount per ton of food as the U.S., is also an emotional issue with the government, which has made cleaning up China's environment a top priority.
My own experience suggests that China does take the environment seriously, and in a number of areas, the country is actually well ahead of those in the more developed parts of the world.
He indicated that he placed priority on reunification with his family and that he sought relocation to a safe environment elsewhere in China.
To ensure that the middle class continues to grow, China needs to have an environment where people can feel safe and secure to pursue their dreams and aspirations, and a system that is fair, just, and provides opportunities for all, not just for the privileged and connected few.
Although the candidates have presented policies on everything from women's rights to the environment, relations with China dominate the election.
Part of the United Nations Environment Programme's China Rural Energy Enterprises Development (CREED) initiative, the program has successful precedents in five African nations -- Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania -- and northeast Brazil.
And that will be very good for the health of the people of China and for the health of world environment.
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Out of 138 countries tracked and ranked by widespread use of mobile phones, Internet, personal computer as well as regulatory environment and IT infrastructure, China ranks 36th and India 48th.
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The result has been the creation, from Chile to China, of a highly dynamic international environment replete with exciting new opportunities, and potential perils, for the United States and other Western powers.
Apart from economic matters, Russia and China also cooperate in areas such as the environment and diplomacy.
Speaking on a panel at Davos, Mr Kleinman said it was important to challenge the notion that China was not doing its bit for the environment.
None of the resting workers yet know when they'll be going back to work, and some are now beginning to worry that their livelihoods may be sacrificed in China's bid to clean up its environment before it is too late.
"They're succeeding at some of the big but simpler problems and really just getting started on more complicated secondary pollutant problems, " said Chris Nielsen, another researcher on the project and executive director of Harvard's China Project, which focuses on the atmospheric environment.
There will be the need for China to remain cost-competitive in the global environment.
Media coverage of local industrial pollution problems is encouraged by the government of China, to show that they care about the environment.
Rising costs, higher incomes for Chinese labor and an increasingly competitive international business environment will pressure the big corporations in China again this year.
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The decisions China makes today, on the economy, on the environment, on its political evolution, will reverberate down the generations and across the globe.
Last year China argued that its export restrictions were needed to protect the environment, conserve supplies and meet domestic demand.
Despite a challenged global growth environment due largely to Europe and slower expansion in China, Caterpillar booked its biggest revenue increase since 1947 and its best sales and profit figures since 2008.
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While consumers globally can benefit from the emergence of the new China, there will be an impact on the global competitive environment and also on the employment base in a number of the high-technology industries.
My unexpected find was a number of American auto supplier executives who were excited about state and local governments in Indiana, the environment for electric vehicle innovation there, and their opportunities in China.
These organizational dictates work well in China, and companies operate with speed and focus in a shifting, uncertain environment.
The growth of the industrial base in China is actively supported by government agencies in addition to stimulation of an entrepreneurial environment.
China said the raids were carried out in an effort to "purify the network environment".
For producers of many chemical and energy products, which reduce the country's scarce natural resources and harm the local environment, Beijing has completely eliminated the rebates to keep those goods in China.
And, in the current economic environment with slowdown in Europe, weak macro economic environment in the U.S. and slowing growth in emerging markets like China and India, many in the airline industry anticipate low sales for these super jumbos to continue over the near term.
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The symposium was organized in Shanghai (China) by MAB, in co-operation with the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.
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.
China set up a state agency to tackle the damage its rapid industrialization was doing to the environment as long ago as 1998.
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