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The article discusses strong demand in China for waste paper such as cardboard boxes and scrap paper from the U.S. China converts these materials into boxes used to ship exports. An improving U.S. economy has increased both the supply of waste products and China's need for them. Waste-paper exports from Long Beach and Los Angeles, California rose almost 25% during 2010.

The article reports on the efforts of Chinese companies to avoid the tariff imposed by the U.S. on Chinese imports of cheap coated paper. According to Ann Whalen of Appleton Coated, Chinese producers are exporting a roughly similar volume of coated paper to the U.S. but shipping some of it under a different category. Chinese producers can classify the cheap coated paper as coated mechanical paper by shipping it with at least 10% bleached chemi-thermal mechanical pulp to avoid the tariff. Imports of coated freesheet to the U.S. also dropped in 2007.

The article reports that the U.S. International Trade Commission has rejected proposed duties on gloss paper imported from China. The commission argues that the U.S. market is not materially injured by cheap glossy paper from China. The ruling was prompted by a case filed by NewPage Corp. which questioned the validity of imposing countervailing duties against countries still classified as nonmarket.

Anticipates the rise of social and political concerns of China in the wake of the release of the book `Tiananmen Papers' in Chinese language.

Reports on the status of businesses and investments of Asia Pulp & Paper Co. in China as of April 2001.

Reports that China is closing 999 small paper mills along the Huaihe River to curb discharges of industrial waste.

The article reports on the move of three U.S. paper companies and the United Steelworkers to file an antidumping case against China and Indonesia on September 23, 2009. Allegations of dumping tons of shiny, coated paper used in car brochures and annual reports were made against them. The complainants include NewPage Corp., Appelton Coated LLC and Sappi Fine Paper North America. They allege China of unfairly granting subsidies to its domestic paper producers and Indonesian firms of benefiting from government loans.

Discusses some lessons from `The Tiananmen Papers,' about the bloody crushing of democracy movement in China in 1989, assuming that the Tiananmen documents are genuine.

Focuses on Shen Hao, editor of `Southern Weekend,' published in Guangzhou, China. The newspaper as an indicator of the changes in Chinese society; Signs of the Chinese government's relaxation of controls over the press; Shen as a journalist with market-driven values and a professional work style rather than a political activist; The paper's background.

The article looks at press freedom in China as of 2013, citing the detention of reporter Chen Yongzhou while he was investigating construction equipment firm Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. and reporting his employer, the "New Express" newspaper, published a plea for his release.

The authors refutes the pronouncement that China is about to overtake the U.S. and other advanced economies in technological innovations based on patents.

This article warns that China's National Bureau of Statistics move to change its method in calculating inflation rate cannot solve the problem of inflation and achieve the government target of 4% for 2011.

This article features the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), which won the top prize in the 2010 "Wall Street Journal" Technology Innovation Awards for manufacturing high-quality displays on flexible materials.

Discusses the economic interest and international trade relation of the U.S. and China.

Comments on the release of internal Chinese Communist Party documents relating to the decision to use force against student protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Focuses on the risks facing China's banking system. Incident at the China Construction Bank which involved shifting of cash deposits; Accusations made by `The People's Daily' newspaper against government officials; Total deposits in China's state banks.

Focuses on the role of United States political parties in influencing Congress' decision to establish trade relations with China. Implication of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations; Senate's support to China's trade relations; China's trade concessions.

Reports that Eastman Kodak Company is negotiating with Chinese photo companies to make Kodak film in China. Advantages of Kodak's venture; Comments by Charlie Smith, a spokesman for Kodak; Basis of Kodak's decision to enter the Chinese market.

Reports on China's ban on sales of small paper-making machines blamed for water pollution and Heineken NV's contract to build a brewery in Vietnam.

The article reports that a January 2013 controversy regarding purported press censorship in China has moved to the newspaper "Beijing News," after beginning at the paper "Southern Weekly," when government propaganda officials made the Beijing, China paper to reprint a pro-government editorial.

Discusses how America's Eastman Kodak Co. and Japan's Fuji Photo Film Co. are staking out the Chinese market for film and photographic paper, thought to have enormous potential. The role of Kodak's George Fisher in raising interest in China; How China is neutral territory for the two companies; The advantage Fuji has enjoyed in China, since its film lightens skin tones and exaggerates colors; How many Chinese have never taken photographs.

The article discusses missteps made by Cincinnati, Ohio, consumer products company Procter & Gamble (P&G) in marketing cheap diapers to China's middle class rather than marketing higher-end products. According to the article, P&G introduced a line of premium Pampers brand diapers in China with the claim that they were made in Japan, which the article states appeals to Chinese consumers. The article discusses P&G's competition with Japanese firm Kao Corp., the makers of Merries diapers. The article presents comments from P&G chief executive A.G. Lafley.

The article states that gains in the Shanghai, China, Stock Market, in 2015 were of great financial benefit to the Chinese government. According to the article, the Chinese government made billions of dollars in paper profits based on the stock gains of state-owned corporations listed on the exchange. The article discusses the potential impact on the Chinese economy. It also discusses the actions of the Chinese agency the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

The article discusses potential consequences for Chinese firms listed in the U.S. and U.S. companies with Chinese subsidiaries of a dispute between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and several Chinese accounting firms. The SEC is seeking sanctions against the firms for failing to provide work papers for audits they have performed. Companies that have used Chinese auditors could find themselves unable to list their securities in the U.S. if the SEC prevails.

The article discusses the manufacture of the iPhone smartphone from Apple Inc. to illustrate the view put forth in a paper by researchers Neal Detert and Yuqing Xing that traditional methods of measuring imports and exports fail to account for the complexity of global trade. Although the iPhone is designed by Apple in the U.S., it is assembled in China from parts imported from other nations, and thus is counted as a Chinese export.

The article compares a 1987 study and a 1997 study of chromium-contaminated villages near JinZhou, China. The 1987 study, published by Dr. Zhang JianDong, stated that people were dying of cancer at higher rates in the village than people who lived nearby. The Chinese government gave him a national award for his research. However, in 1997 Dr. Zhang appeared to retract his findings in a study published under his name in a medical journal stating that there was no cancer link to chromium after all. Court papers indicate that the second study was conceived, drafted, edited and submitted to medical journals by science consultants working for a utility company being sued for alleged chromium pollution in California. The consultants paid Dr. Zhang about $2000 for research assistance on the second study.

Examines international competition in the plastic bag industry. Number of jobs lost by Sonoco Products Co., a plastic bag manufacturer, as the result of overseas competition; Details of a petition filed with the International Trade Commission by Sonoco and other makers of plastic shopping bags, charging China, Thailand and Malaysia were violating antidumping laws; Companies in support of the petition that have ties to foreign companies, suggesting a complicated issue; Market shares of the U.S. plastic bag industry, indicating a rise in foreign companies' share.

The article discusses a working paper being written by economist Hanming Fang and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania that explores corruption within the Chinese housing sector by examining mortgages, and how Chinese bureaucrats receive discount prices on houses.

The article discusses how the state-run Xinhua News Agency in China may sell shares for its digital branch with an initial public offering (IPO), a similar IPO for the website of the government's news paper, People.con Co., and how the government controls media content from these two agencies.

The article reports that China has appealed to the World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body concerning tariffs the U.S. has applied to various Chinese goods including paper, steel products, and solar panels.

The article reports on the decision of the U.S. government not to conduct an investigation over allegations that the currency policies of China serve as export subsidies for Chinese aluminum and coat paper manufacturers despite evidence showing that the Chinese government unfairly subsidized aluminum exports worth 514 million dollars to the country in 2009.

The article focuses on law enforcement authorities in Suichang County, China who would be required by Lishui City officials to apologize to Chinese business reporter Qiu Ziming after they put him on a wanted list for articles criticizing local paper manufacturer Zhejiang Kan Specialty Material Co. in July 2010.

The article reports on the plan of the European Commission to conduct an investigation into Chinese subsidies allegedly provided by the Chinese government to domestic coated fine paper producers as Japan threatens to file an unfair global trade practice complaint against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The article reports on the criticism received by the U.S. federal government's decision to impose import duties on Chinese steel pipe from the Chinese government that called such move as a form of abusive protectionism, as both countries proceed with new trade probes on November 6, 2009. The United Steelworkers filed the cases against the tire, steel and coated-paper industries in China. The Ministry of Commerce announced that it has started its probes into imports of some U.S. vehicles for alleged dumping or unfair trade.

The article focuses on U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's accusation of currency manipulation by China. Geithner told U.S. lawmakers that President Barack Obama views that China is manipulating its currency. This accusation made its way on paper and was corresponded to Chinese officials which is causing speculations about protectionism in the administration of President Obama to run in Beijing.

The article discusses the milk scandal in China which is threatening to kill one of the country's most cherished product: White Rabbit Creamy Candy. The chewy, milk-based candy which is wrapped in edible rice paper is said to be the favorite of Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. When babies started getting sick from drinking melamine-laced formula powder, milk products were pulled out from shelves forcing White Rabbit, now owned by Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food Ltd., to recall its products from Finland to Wisconsin.

The article reports on the efforts of China to improve its firefighting and rescue services following the earthquake that hit the nation on May 12, 2008. According to fire officials, shortages of men and equipment hindered early rescue efforts. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Public Security's Fire Protection Bureau cited the plan of the government to add more fire fighters. Based on a 2006 policy paper, almost a quarter of the country's counties had no fire departments.

The article notes certain indications that China will not honor its promise to the International Olympic Committee in 2001 that it would permit free media access to both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the country as a whole. It cites the case of senior reporter Norman Choy of the "Apple Daily," a pro-democracy paper that publishes editions in Hong Kong and Taiwan, who was turned away at the Beijing airport on July 1, 2008. According to Reporters Without Borders, it has received related complaints mostly from freelance European journalists.

This section offers news briefs in China. State Council opted to let fuel and electricity prices remain as they were as the Chinese new year approaches in an effort to ease consumer expectations on inflation. The country has banned the use of plastic shopping bags and called for a return to the cloth bags of old.

The article concerns China's latest record monthly trade surplus in 2007. It is inferred that the country's trade surplus will ensure continued debate over trade and currency policies at economic summits with its trading partners, the U.S. and Europe. Merchandise exports from China increased by 22.3% to $107.7 billion in October. The slowdown to the cumulative impact of currency appreciation and Chinese tax changes have been attributed by economists to industries such as paper and metal processing.

The article reports on the economic implications of the plan of China to cut oil supply and capacity of certain sectors. The cuts will lessen competition in favor of bigger, state-owned companies. Since many small companies are privately held, equity investors are likely to be affected by their closure. Major players in paper, cement and steel industries are likely to benefit from decreased competition resulting from the closure of smaller companies.

The article reports that China's Ministry of Finance has sold a 31.97 billion yuan of debt in its special bonds offering to the market on September 17, 2007. It states that the bonds are included in a 1.55 trillion yuan in paper that the ministry is selling to fund the acquisition of foreign exchange from the central bank for its planned investment firm.

The article reports that a scandal over news has left some Chinese wondering which is less trustworthy between China's food supply or the state-controlled media. According to the author, an undercover television news report showed dumpling vendors stuffing their wares with cardboard. Several days later, authorities declared the story a fraud. This left the Chinese people unsure who duped them. In an editorial, the paper calls on the government to allow the media more space when covering itself.

Reports on the plan of the Chinese government to replace paper national identification (ID) cards with electronic ID cards containing personal information of individuals.

Comments on the sale of the book `June Fourth: The True Story' or the `Tiananmen Papers' in China during China's standoff with the United States over the EP-3E reconnaissance plane.

Reports that China's State Council has threatened to use force against Taiwan if it continues to refuse to negotiate its reunification with China. Impact of China's missile firings on the 1996 presidential elections in Taiwan; Message of the policy paper issued by China's State Council; Role of the United States administration in easing the tension between Taiwan and China.

Focuses on Chinese journalist Zhang Jieying and her book `Absolute Privacy.' The book being a bestseller in China; Book chronicling the social changes taking place in China; Reaction of her Communist Party bosses at the paper where she works.

Presents news briefs in Asia and in the Pacific as of October 1, 1999. Details on the international donors agreement that will support the reconstruction of East Timor, Indonesia; Acquisition of three power plants in China, owned by New York-listed Asia Pulp & Paper, by Singapore Power; Cancellation of Philippine Airlines flight to and from Taipei, Taiwan.

Cites allegations by China that eight large companies from the United States, Canada and South Korea have deluged the mainland market with cheap newsprint. Identification of companies singled out in the investigation; What can result from the alleged actions taken by the companies pertaining to their exports to China.

Informs that the press in Hong Kong is changing of its own free will. Present attitude of newspaper Ming Pao which had been a thorn in the Chinese government's side; Ming Pao's new attitude which reflects a mood of conciliation within the Hong Kong establishment that should make the transition to China's takeover much smoother than many in the West had expected; The major papers, as careful to avoid making an enemy of China.