Beijing Informer

Beijing hopes carbon dioxide tax will help reduce pollution Beijing will levy a tax on carbon dioxide emissions as part of new fiscal measures aimed at addressing the mainland's worsening pollution problem, a senior official at the Ministry of Finance said. Jia Chen, head of the ministry's tax policy division … Full News here – [...]

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Beijing officials spent Friday trying to win back the goodwill of the city’s population, one day after they released a long-awaited increase to the death toll from last weekend’s flooding. But criticism continued, even including an editorial … Full News here – Beijing – Bing News

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Steven Lopez hopes to reclaim gold at London Games And at the London Games, he hopes to reclaim the gold he lost in Beijing as part of a family team: older brother Jean is his coach and sister Diana is also competing. Younger brother Mark didn't make the Olympic team this time, but is coming [...]

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