In one sign of the times, a small producer of vegetables called China Green Holdings Ltd. saw investors request 1, 600 times as many shares as the company had to offer before it was listed on the Hong Kong exchange.
Stephen Leeb, president of Leeb Capital and editor of the Complete Investor newsletter, recommends taking advantage of a pullback in shares of Wuxi, China-based Suntech Power Holdings to buy into two investment themes at once: China and green power.
Still, with China leading the green race, it is a sector not to dismiss.
Direct competitors to Suntech Power, according to Revere Data, include Baoding, China-based Yingli Green Energy Holding and JA Solar Holdings, based in Ningjin, China.
This is a major sore spot for China because it views green tech as one of its core and most innovative developing markets.
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Would it be feasible for China to shelter domestic green "champions" with various protectionist measures, or would the country be better off importing top-of-the-line green tech immediately?
Overall, China views promotion of green sectors as sound industrial policy: it aims to be the world market leader in solar panels, wind turbines, fuel-efficient cars, and other clean energy industries.
While we are working on growing our own green economy here in the United States, China is in a strong position to become the green economy leader.
"I'm cautiously optimistic about the fact that we're beginning to see green shoots in China, " Mr Albanese said.
Sustainable designer Bill McDonough told the audience of his plans for green cities in China, and Alex Steffen showed flowers that bloom red petals if they are growing above mines.
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Other studies from China showed that the more green tea patients drank, the lower their risk of developing stomach, esophageal, prostate, pancreatic and colorectal cancer, compared with those who did not drink green tea.
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In green transportation news, China unveiled the world's longest high-speed rail line this week.
China will only sink capital into green-field East Siberian reserves sitting far closer to their border.
In Greater China, it includes the Parkview Green in Beijing and Parkview in Shanghai.
Led by China and America, support for green tech is rapidly becoming one of the biggest industrial-policy efforts ever.
When you combine heavy government subsidies and low labor costs, China is an ideal location for green energy jobs.
Mr. GREEN: What happens in China is fundamentally much more important for the world economy than even a couple of years ago.
Moreover, reform is needed for green cards (permanent residence), since newly sponsored skilled foreign nationals, particularly from India and China, could wait years or decades for an employment-based green card.
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The screen is on show at the the FPD International Green Device 2010 trade-show in China, and is displayed naked alongside versions in a prototype "e-reader" and a small notebook.
Some Darjeeling producers have switched to making green tea but this now faces competition from China, Mr David wrote in a recent article.
"Hopewell misjudged the speed of major civil engineering construction in China, the complexities of land acquisition and budgeting, " says Michael Green of Nomura Research Institute.
But many are frustrated how difficult it is to get a green card, so they leave for Brazil, India or China and help power those emerging economies.
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Even then, foreign physical therapists may find an H-1B visa is unavailable or the wait for a green card could take years, particularly for nationals of India and China.
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Barclays Capital has been saying the Chinese economy would bottom in the second quarter, and as China heads into the third quarter this week, Barclays says it sees some green shoots sprouting up in the cracked earth.
Are there green consumers ready to support the efforts of firms in markets like India and China?
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Hong Kong officials, meanwhile, have denied green-lighting additional gambling activities beyond horse racing and the lottery, the South China Morning Post said.
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Before taking on the green tech jobs shibboleth, we need to stipulate two underlying realities with respect to China, jobs and their energy needs.
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As long as green energy is more expensive than fossil fuels, growing consumer markets like those in China and India will continue to use them, despite what well-meaning but broke Westerners try to do.
As Stephen Green, senior economist with Standard Chartered Bank in Shanghai, notes, even if China takes some money out of U.S. treasury bonds, it's still going to be holding on to a lot of them.
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