Today's Links: Disneyland, Greenpeace and Kittyhawk

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  • Shanghai Awaiting Approval on Disneyland [AP]
    Shanghai is awaiting approval of mainland China's first Disneyland, and the theme park could be built on an island in the Yangtze River, according to reports in the mainland and Hong Kong media.
  • Shanghai sets up $1bn fund [FT]
    Shanghai's city government is setting up a financial investment company with about $1bn to spend on investments in China and overseas.
  • New mechanisms required for China's climate change efforts - Greenpeace [Forbes]
    China is unlikely to be pressed into accepting mandatory greenhouse emission cuts in any post-Kyoto agreement, but 'new mechanisms' need to be created that will allow the country to make a bigger contribution to the battle against global warming, said Yang Ailun, campaign manager for climate and energy with Greenpeace China.
  • China to tighten monetary policy in 2008 {AFP]
    China said Wednesday it would tighten monetary policy in 2008 for the first time in a decade, as it battles to rein in a soaring stock market and a red-hot economy at risk of overheating.
  • Kitty Hawk's Taiwan passage angers Beijing [FT]
    China said yesterday it was "gravely concerned" by a US decision to send an aircraft carrier through the sensitive Taiwan Strait shortly after Beijing barred it from visiting Hong Kong.
  • Migrant population swelling in Beijing [China Daily]
    The most recent influx of migrant workers boosted the capital's population to about 17.4 million by October, signaling Beijing's population would likely exceed its threshold of 18 million earlier than previous forecasts.
  • China Tourists, Police Scuffle in Macau [AP]
    Police armed with riot shields and batons were called in to subdue angry tourists from mainland China who clashed with tour guides in the tiny gambling enclave of Macau, police said Wednesday.

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By Kenneth Tan in on December 6, 2007 1:10 AM Comment 1 Likes Like

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