"That is an astounding number given that we know how to prevent tobacco-attributable death and disease, " says Dr. Sarah England, the World Health Organization's ( WHO) Tobacco Free Initiative Officer in China.
Today, our countries agreed to a joint initiative that will help China reduce air pollution and increase clean energy production, including through the use of American technology.
While Japan and South Korea indicated they might support a regional initiative to sway Pyongyang, China -- a key ally and aid donor to the North -- appeared to remain unconvinced.
In this case, a collaboration between the Shanghai City Government (which provides funding) and an aggregation of several NGO support organizations (which actually run the project), it represents the first initiative of its type in China.
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We cannot claim the same number of Americans in China, but our 100, 000 Strong Initiative will dramatically increase the number of young Americans living and studying in China.
Jersey began the initiative by exporting bull semen to China in 2011, and cow embryos to Argentina in 2012.
He also talks about Corporate Social Responsibility in China, and a student-led initiative that has meant that CEIBS is the first certified carbon-neutral campus of any business school in the world.
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In early 2007, China launched the so-called "863 Initiative, " which initiated multiple electric vehicle research and development projects by universities, research institutes and companies.
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.
We're not totally clear on why these guys need this on top of the Android Market and China Mobile's own Open Mobile System initiative, but for what it's worth, Chinese buyers of the XT701, MT710, and XT800 will have yet another way to find, buy, and store purchases for their phones.
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Lu Ang, a commentator at CCTV's tennis and golf channel, credits the record of Chinese players to the revamp of China's sports system, which now encourages more individual initiative and more international competition.
China Daily, however, says Chinese travel agents are taking the initiative to suspend tours to North Korea and no notice to halt tourism has been received.
The last time Kerravala heard Cisco CEO John Chambers discuss the initiative in 2007, he says the academies already had spread to 198 locations across China and produced 27, 000 graduates, many who now likely hold jobs at Cisco.
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The anti-phishing initiative comes at the end of a week in which the personal details of almost 10% of China's 485 million web users were stolen.
In 2000 ASEAN along with China, Japan and South Korea launched a multilateral arrangement of currency swaps, the Chiang Mai Initiative.
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