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Walking tall - China Daily (May 20)

China Daily

Walking tall
China Daily
Wuxi faces another rebirth amid China's economic transition, Sun Shangwu, Lu Haoting and Mark Hughes report in the city. Like the phoenix in Greek mythology, the city of Wuxi in Jiangsu province has shown itself capable of regeneration, arising from the ...

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'Don't mention this': China's economy is worse than you think - Crikey (May 20)

'Don't mention this': China's economy is worse than you think
Crikey
China's recently installed Premier Li Keqiang last week nailed his colours firmly to the mast as a prospective major economic reformer. Necessity being the mother of invention, he had little choice: China's economic model has hit a brick wall, growth is ...




水交易可能会让中国更加缺水 (May 20)
中国正在尝试利用水交易来解决保证供应公平和避免生态破坏这个双重问题。 大规模的工程项目和严密的状态控制是中国发展模式的标志,这两大标志显然在该国的水务管理上也体现得非常明显。比如,除了正在进行的南水北调工程(造价620亿美元),中国政府又投资33.5亿美元建设多个海水淡化厂,目标是到2015年实现海水淡化220万立方米。2002年,中国试图实施取水许可证制度来遏制水源的过度抽取。 但是,这些措施远跟不上中国用水需求的迅速增长。快速的工业化和城市化正在“吸干”中国的水源,并把污染物排入河中。据2030水资源集团预测,到2030年,中国的用水缺口将达到1990亿立方米。因此,中国政府转而采取新的解决办法——市场,即通过一个可交易的水权系统来分配水资源。 “这就是尝试从集中式、自上而下的系统,向用户间更加水平的安排转型,”水权制度建设项目(Wet)中方负责人沈大军说。这一项目是中国水利部和澳大利亚政府联合进行的,目的是探讨在中国建立全国水交易机制的可行性。 澳大利亚是少数几个已经利用水交易机制来解决水短缺的国家之一,此外还有智利和美国。在此类机制下,用水量可以被限制在一个可持续的水平,用户获得水权配给,可以像任何财产一样进行交易。 支持者表示,将市场机制引入水务能够保证水价反应其短缺性,促进水源保护,并且能够让水在丰富和短缺地区之间更容易地交换。但反对者警告说,这样的机制不切实际,会给那些水源短缺风险最大的人带来灾难性影响。 但是,中国仍然在努力引入这一概念。2006年到2008年的水权制度建设项目(Wet),是在内蒙古、宁夏、浙江和其他省份几个实验性项目成功的激励下进行的。项目提出的建议是一个涵盖地区、个人和部门要素的多方面交易体系。2008年,政府列出了水量分配的新原则,这是走向水权交易的第一步,也是最重要的一步。但是,此后中国水权制度的进展迟缓,主要是因为在这样一个广袤的国家,要对一种自由流动的资源进行权利划分确实很难办。 即使在水权分配之后,也存在不少问题。国际水资源协会副会长詹姆斯·尼库姆说:“只有水权条款还不够,这些条款必须是有效力的。 如果某些人超额用水 ,或者握着水权却不用,就必须有办法制裁他们。然而,由于中国幅员辽阔,长期以来规章制度在地方层面的落实一直都存在问题。”  换句话说,水交易市场无法补偿落后的治理。但是,过去的经验说明...


Myanmar: Asia-Pacific Region 14 - 20 May, 2013, Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific (May 20)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka
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Bangladesh - Tropical Storm Mahasen struck southern districts on 16 May. The Joint Needs Assessment (JNA) is ongoing and preliminary findings are due to be presented tomorrow (21 May). 17 people have reportedly lost their lives, JNA results will provide a better understand of the impact of the cyclone on shelter and livelihoods.
Source: PDC, OCHA Flash Update No. 7 Myanmar - 120,000 people, mainly IDPs, were relocated in expectation of Tropical Storm Mahasen. Assessments have been conducted in affected areas and the humanitarian community is responding to the identified needs.
Source: OCHA Flash Update No. 7 Sri Lanka - Heavy rain and flooding caused by Tropical Storm Mahasen has killed eight, most in Central Province, and affected nearly 12,000. 150 houses were destroyed. Central and Sabaragamuw...


China: Habitat for Humanity China to rebuild homes in quake-hit Qionglai city in Sichuan (May 20)
Source: Habitat for Humanity International
Country: China
Bangkok, 20th May 2013 – Habitat for Humanity China, part of international non-government housing organization Habitat for Humanity, today announced that it will support families in Qionglai city affected by the recent Sichuan earthquake. It will help them rebuild homes in Maping village in Tiantaishan town and Jingkou village in Gaohe town, as part of its ‘Sichuan Post-Earthquake Rebuilding Projects’. “Our thoughts and prayers are with families who lost their homes and family members. Many of those affected are low-income farmers in urgent need of safe, permanent shelter, and without the means to rebuild on their own. Habitat will start its rebuilding operations as soon as possible so families can fulfill their dreams of a decent place to live”, said Kester Yim, Managing Director of Habitat for Humanity China. Both Tiantaishan and Gaohe towns are located only five kilometers from the epicenter of the 7.0-magnitude earthqu...


Inside China's Economy: Airlines Profitable Thanks to Exchange Gains; Property ... - The China Perspective (May 20)

Inside China's Economy: Airlines Profitable Thanks to Exchange Gains; Property ...
The China Perspective
Profits reaped by Chinese airline companies fell 30% year on year to ¥1.4 billion ($227.92 million, $1 = ¥6.14) in April as an economic slowdown and a new strain of bird flu trimmed demand for air travel and hence air fares, the Civil Aviation Administration of ...

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Surveying the dollar's new strings - Business Spectator (May 20)

Surveying the dollar's new strings
Business Spectator
Surveying the dollar's new strings. The key influences that broke the dollar's historic correlation with commodity prices are appearing to weaken, with the US and China set to determine a new level for the currency. ... Download the December CEO Pulse survey. CEOs outline changing views on corporate spending and profits, their economic expectations and political dissatisfaction, including advice for Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott.

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China, India Capable Of Creating New Engine Of World Economy: Chinese Premier (May 20)
NEW DELHI, May 20 (Bernama) -- China and India are able and willing to foster new highlights in cooperation among Asian countries and create a new engine of the world economy, Xinhua news agency quoted Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as saying.


China, India to make new engine of world economy: Chinese premier (May 20)
China and India are both willing and able to foster new highlights in cooperation among Asian countries and make new engine of the world economy, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday.


Craig Stephen's This Week in China: China ‘hard-landing’ trades revisited (May 20)
Even if China’s economy isn’t going through a so-called ‘hard landing’ just yet, Craig Stephen says that some of the trades which would benefit from a Chinese crash are doing well.


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