China's emerging standing in the world demands a major rethinking of its diplomatic strategies. Given its population … size, geographical scale, economic power and military presence, China is poised to play a larger political role in the … responsibilities. At the same time, environmental stresses caused by China's energy and resources demands have become increasingly …

Whether China continues its business-as-usual investment-driven, environment-polluting growth pattern or adopts an …, of the mechanism underlining China’s economic transition from an investment-driven, pollution-intensive to an investment … incorporated into China’s growth mechanism, then at some tipping point in time when marginal welfare gain of R&D for knowledge …

successors to the Kyoto protocol are assessed according to four criteria: economic efficiency; environmental effectiveness …

productivity growth than other firms. Moreover, automation improves the efficiency of all stages of the production process by … reducing setup time, run time, and inspection time and increasing uptime and quantity produced per worker. The efficiency …

, extreme monsoon rainfall and sea level rise. Water is emerging as a new possible irritant between China and India. For India … diversion projects in Tibet by China is a matter of grave concern for lower riparian states. For China, it is having hidden … requirement of fresh water as the pollution grows and population rise has forced China to have the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River …

China is appraised to have the world's largest exploitable reserves of shale gas, although several legal, regulatory …, environmental and investment-related issues will likely restrain its scope. China's capacity to successfully face these hurdles and … produce commercial shale gas will have a crucial impact on the regional gas market and on China's energy mix, as Beijing …