Daily News April 4, 2014

Environment and Health

Introducing China’s Future Megalopolis: The Jing-Jin-Ji, WSJ

If China’s state planners have their way, Northeast China will soon be home to a massive regional hub with a population five times that of the New York metropolitan area.

How the rich escape the burden of pollution in China and the US, China Dialogue

In the absence of stricter environmental protection policies, it is marginalised groups that bear the larger burden of pollution in both China and the US.

City to adopt China V emission standard, Shanghai Daily

SHANGHAI will become the second city in the country after Beijing to introduce the China V emission standard for new vehicles starting from April 30.

How do environmental pollution and protection influence supply chain model

VW to build plug-in hybrid cars in China as pollution reforms open the market: sources, Reuters

 Volkswagen plans to make plug-in cars in China, company sources say, seeing a big potential market as the country's leaders fight hazardous levels of air pollution with measures that include boosting green power.

Energy Problem

Going Under the Sea for Clean Energy, NY Times

The company is also getting ready to test a turbine in the waters off China’s Zhejiang Province, which is thought to have major tidal potential.

China’s Role in Global Trade

Sanpower Group Buys 89% of U.K.'s House of Fraser, WSJ

China's Sanpower Group Ltd. has agreed to buy House of Fraser, the 165-year-old British department-store chain, in a deal valuing the company at around £450 million ($746 million), according to a person familiar with the deal.

Millennials see Keystone as more than just a pipeline, UT San Diego

The Keystone pipeline proposal has hit a Nebraska stop sign, but it has deeper problems than right-of-way issues across the United States. 

Grain, Poultry and Food Security

Hungary Gets Green Light on Poultry, Pork Exports to China, WSJ

Hungary’s exports to China are expected to increase after local companies received permission to transport frozen duck, goose and pork to the country.