For a down and dirty look at China’s environmental challenges, join us for an evening with Jonathan Watts, author of “When a Billion Chinese Jump”, an environmental travelogue published this month. Traversing 100,000 kilometers, the book traces the course of China’s development from coal mines and cancer villages to eco-cities and science labs. Watts considers four key [...]

Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim? In the last few years, China’s aid program has leapt out of the shadows. Media reports about huge aid packages, support for pariah regimes, regiments of Chinese labor, [...]

The 2010 World Expo has everyone’s attention focused on Shanghai, but the real growth story in China is in 2nd and 3rd tier cities like Hangzhou and Hefei. With the RMB possibly set to appreciate further against the US Dollar, consumer spending power may increase. Is it time for multinationals to sell to 1.3 billion [...]

For more than 30 years, people of all ages have been dropping dead from sudden cardiac arrest in northern Yunnan. The vast majority of deaths occur during the summer rainy season, from June to August. But this summer, people across Yunnan may be able to rest easy. After a 5-year investigation, a team led by [...]

FCCC members only Gone are the days of a hushed meeting behind the potted palm in the hotel lobby. Instead, journalists face regular challenges in keeping their communications, sources and data safe in the world of cell phones, emails, Skype and hacking attacks. Please join Thomson Reuters’ Information Security Manager Otto Lee for a members-only discussion on best [...]