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05.28.14Why Scrapping 6 Million Cars is Not Going to End China’s Pollution Problem
Washington Post
While studies have shown some success from these measures, the fact that this bigger ban is being proposed is perhaps a sign it wasn't enough.
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05.23.14US Wins WTO Luxury Car Ruling Against China
BBC
The World Trade Organization found no basis for duties that China imposed on saloons and off-road vehicles between 2011 and 2013 in retaliation for US trade policies.
Sinica Podcast
05.10.14
Initial Impressions: Three First Trips to China, 1970s-1990s
from Sinica Podcast
In this show: dating tips for hooking up with your Marxist-Leninist thought instructor, advice on what modern music and seasonal vegetables to smuggle in from Hong Kong, the origins of China’s somewhat unorthodox driving customs, and instructions on...
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02.12.14U.S. Targets Buyers of China-Bound Luxury Cars
Deal Book
A Florida businessman buys new cars that typically retail for $55,000 to $75,000 in the United States and resells them in China for as much as three times those prices.
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10.23.13China Hints at Effort to Export Cars to West
New York Times
Requests for auto parts companies to supply parts that meet Western regulatory standards are the clearest sign yet that after more than a decade of preparation, Chinese manufacturers are feeling the confidence to begin...
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09.24.13China’s Plan to Curb Air Pollution Sets Limits on Coal Use and Vehicles
New York Times
This plan represents the most concrete response yet by the Communist Party and the government to growing criticism over allowing the country’s air, soil and water to degrade to abysmal levels because of corruption and unchecked economic growth.&...
Environment
02.22.13
Could Smartphones Help Clear China’s Congested Roads?
from chinadialogue
The extraordinary growth of China’s cities is well-known. Today, 160 Chinese metropolises have over one million inhabitants and more than half the population lives in urban areas, which are growing at two to three times the rate of Western cities...
Media
02.13.13
Officer Draws Gun on Drunk Driver—To Overwhelming Online Applause
A policeman draws his gun to stop a desperately escaping criminal. It may sound sensational, but this is technically what happened in the southern Chinese megalopolis of Guangzhou on January 31. As traffic policemen were manning a drunk driving...
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02.01.13Five Predictions for China’s Auto Industry in the Year of the Snake
Wall Street Journal
In 2012, Chinese accounted for more than three out of four Buicks sold globally. And many of the design elements of the current Buick lineup originated in China.
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01.13.13Breathing in Beijing: Coping with China’s Smog
New York Times
Were the Chinese cement industry a country, it would be the sixth biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world.
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12.19.12China's Motorways: Get Your Kicks on Route G6
Economist
China is building a motorway across the Tibetan plateau. For some, reaching Lhasa by road is the ultimate dream.
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11.19.12China Broadcaster’s One-Day TV ‘Upfront’ Raises $2.5 Billion
AdAge
Government broadcaster CCTV saw bids for 2013 prime-time ad sales jump 11% from this year, driven mostly by local marketers.
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09.04.12Guangzhou Moves to Limit New Cars
New York Times
The crackdown by China’s third-largest city is the most restrictive in a series of moves by big Chinese cities that are putting quality-of-life issues ahead of short-term economic growth, something the central government has struggled to do on a...
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07.05.12U.S. Files Trade Complaint Against China on Cars
New York Times
The United States filed a trade complaint against China on Thursday for new duties it imposed on American-made cars and trucks. The move came as President Obama kicked off a campaign bus tour through the manufacturing heartland of Pennsylvania and...
Caixin Media
07.02.12Deal Puts Saab in Green Technology Driver’s Seat
The dark clouds over bankrupt Swedish car maker Saab have finally cleared.Saab Automobile AB’s liquidator signed an agreement in mid-June with National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS) to sell the company’s main assets to the Sino-Japanese...
Caixin Media
05.23.12
Identity Crisis Rattles Volvo’s Chinese Owner
New models bearing the Chinese-owned Volvo badge shared a luxury spotlight at the Beijing International Auto Show in April with perennial stars Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Lexus.But behind the diamond-studded presentation was confusion over the legal...
Media
05.17.12
Villagers Loot Spilled Watermelons From Truck After Car Crash
Two trucks collided on the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Yueyang, Hunan Province. While local firemen worked to rescue the drivers stuck in their vehicles, people from a nearby village arrived on the scene to loot watermelons that had fallen...
Media
05.11.12
Ferrari Stunt Scars 600-Year-Old Monument
Netizens are outraged after a 60-second stunt by car manufacturer Ferrari leaves a 600 year-old historical site marred with skid marks.From Youku
Reports
11.16.09
The Rise of China’s Auto Industry and Its Impact on the U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry
Peony Lui
Congressional Research Service
The automobile industry, a key sector in China’s industrialization and modernization efforts, has been developing rapidly since the 1990s. In recent years, China has become the world’s fastest growing automotive producer. Annual vehicle output has...