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China, the world’s biggest clean-energy investor, lowered its solar and wind power targets for 2020, a reflection of how record installations of renewables have overwhelmed the ability of the nation’s grid to absorb the new electricity. China is now ... ( read original story ...)

Another nine were injured, but are not in a critical condition, it said. An ammonia tank at the power plant developed a leak prior to the blast, according to the China News Service. About 55 tonnes of ammonia contaminated water leaked and flowed into ... ( read original story ...)

China reported higher inflation last month as food prices rose ahead of the winter and producer prices jumped on a coal price rally, dampening expectations that the central bank might increase money supply to boost growth. The consumer price index rose 2.1 ... ( read original story ...)

Many locals volunteered to help in the rescue, rushing to the scene after learning about the accident on WeChat, a popular communication app in China. Most netizens sent good wishes to the boy. "It was saddening to read about such news. As a mother ... ( read original story ...)

China's exports and imports fell more than expected in October ... production fell at its fastest rate in more than two years in September. Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international ... ( read original story ...)

TASS news agency reported. The two sides expanded cooperation over energy, with Gazprom and Rosneft signing deals with their Chinese counterparts. China and Russia will also establish a joint commission to coordinate development in Russia’s Far East and ... ( read original story ...)

After serving as editor-in-chief of the newspaper China Environment News for about five years, Zhang led several of the environmental protection ministry’s powerful departments, including planning and finance, plus pollution prevention and control before ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- China said Wednesday it expected to make joint efforts with the new U.S. government to maintain sustained, healthy and stable growth of China-U.S. relations, and benefit people of the two countries and the world. Chinese Foreign ... ( read original story ...)

Over the past year, Europe and the United States have accused China of exporting its excess aluminum and steel production, pressuring global prices. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty) Next In Market News ( read original story ...)

The RCMP say Canada Border Service Agency Officers in Vancouver intercepted a package on Oct. 24 from China that was destined for London, Ont. They say officers examined a parcel weighing more than 30 grams that was declared as “plastic bags,” but an x ... ( read original story ...)