http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:57:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36035/china-makes-3b-deal-to-develop-iraqi-oil.html?refid=rss_all_defaultChina and Iraq have dusted off an oil deal that was in the works before the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, giving China the rights to develop the Ahdab field, reports the AP. The agreement—which has grown from an estimated $1.2 billion to $3 billion—was originally struck by the Saddam Hussein government in 1997, to take effect once UN sanctions on Iraq's oil industry were lifted.http://www.newser.com/story/36035/china-makes-3b-deal-to-develop-iraqi-oil.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:04:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35905/chinas-power-pollution-to-pass-us.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCarbon emissions from China's mostly coal-fired electric power industry will exceed those of the US this year for the first time, the Washington Post reports. China's runaway economic growth means its power industry's carbon emissions will double by 2020, predicts the Center for Global Development, a Washington-based think tank. Power generation accounts for 27% of all carbon emissions worldwide.http://www.newser.com/story/35905/chinas-power-pollution-to-pass-us.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Aug 2008 22:57:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35721/china-faces-rocky-road-in-keeping-up-growth.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe opulence of the Beijing Olympics highlighted just how far China has come since opening its economy 30 years ago—it soon will be the world’s third largest. But with the success comes a plethora of challenges, reports the Wall Street Journal. And chief among them is how to maintain the phenomenal growth.http://www.newser.com/story/35721/china-faces-rocky-road-in-keeping-up-growth.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 25 Aug 2008 7:07:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35538/at-840m-viewers-china-tv-wins-global-attention.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThis year's Olympic opening ceremonies, perhaps the most watched television event in history, were a huge programming coup for CCTV, one of the main propaganda conduits for the Chinese government. CCTV has a larger audience than every major TV station in the US and Europe combined, writes the New York Times . And global companies seeking Chinese customers are beginning to take notice.http://www.newser.com/story/35538/at-840m-viewers-china-tv-wins-global-attention.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 22 Aug 2008 5:54:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35447/china-overtakes-us-as-top-market-for-japan-goods.html?refid=rss_all_defaultChina imported $11.8 billion in Japanese goods in July, MarketWatch reports, barely surpassing the US as the world’s largest importer of products and services from Japan for the first time. The 11.5% drop in shipments to the US was the 11th consecutive month of declines; exports to China rose 16.8%, and shipments to Western Europe rose 4.1%http://www.newser.com/story/35447/china-overtakes-us-as-top-market-for-japan-goods.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Aug 2008 8:07:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34652/china-set-to-surpass-us-as-largest-manufacturer.html?refid=rss_all_defaultChina will surpass the US as the world’s No. 1 manufacturer by next year, the Financial Times reports. China, which last year accounted for 13.2% of manufacturing, will soon account for 17%, just ahead of the US, which has been the planet's dominant manufacturer for more than a century. The change had been projected to occur in 2013, but the weakening US economy accelerated that timeline.http://www.newser.com/story/34652/china-set-to-surpass-us-as-largest-manufacturer.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 11 Aug 2008 12:10:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34513/big-bucks-flock-to-beijing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Beijing Olympics are a celebration of sport, for sure, but they are happening in China, which makes them a business opportunity unlike earlier Games. Folks with deep pockets are converging on the capital to wheel and deal, with an eye to the emerging middle-class market of some 300 million they'd like to tap. China still runs on guanxi , an informal network of connections that makes breaking in a painstaking process, the Telegraph reports.http://www.newser.com/story/34513/big-bucks-flock-to-beijing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 08 Aug 2008 20:13:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33458/china-is-an-unlikely-superpower.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAmerican pundits are constantly claiming that China will soon overtake the US as the world’s dominant power—but if you look at the facts, that’s just not true, writes John Pomfret in the Washington Post . “Dire demographics, an overrated economy, an environment under siege, and an ideology that doesn't travel well” mean the country will remain “the muscle-bound adolescent of the international system.”http://www.newser.com/story/33458/china-is-an-unlikely-superpower.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 27 Jul 2008 8:33:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32768/beijing-faces-glut-of-hotel-rooms.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBeijing’s newest construction binge may lead to a glut of rooms as hoteliers race to finish new properties before the Olympic Games begin in August, the Wall Street Journal reports. When the Games open, Beijing will have 50 five-star hotels, more than double the total of five years ago. While three-quarters of those rooms are booked, fewer than half the rooms at four-stars are reserved.http://www.newser.com/story/32768/beijing-faces-glut-of-hotel-rooms.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 18 Jul 2008 7:51:38 CDT