Asian Development Outlook- April 2025
<p>Weak consumption in the People’s Republic of China will partly offset robust domestic demand in South Asia. Disinflation is expected to continue, driven by lower food and energy prices, along
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NEWS SNIPPETS
• The Chinese government has postponed an auction that would have allowed foreign companies to bid for licences to hunt wild animals following a public backlash. The auction would have allowed
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CHINA
The Chinese govern ment has agreed to end black-bear farming. Wildlife Conservation Association, a government-affiliated environmental group, and the Sichuan Forestry Department have decided to close
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Farm trade principles
G-20 suggests parameters to cut agricultural tariffs
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Time to bid adieu
April 23 marked the end of the 300-year-old coal mining industry in France. On that day, the last symbolic block of coal was extracted from the La Houve mine near the town of Creutzwald, abutting the
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Under the axe
Forest areas continue to decrease though plantations are slowing down the rate of net loss
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Anti loggers dominate
Environmental Activism
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Chinese recognition, it's official
The Chinese government has issued its latest roster of jobs entitled to official state recognition. In are career consultants, jewelry evaluators, coffee baristas, sports agents and digital video
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China's reforms
Land use in China is in for irretrievable change. At the Third Plenum of the 16th Party Congress, held October 11 14, 2003, the world s biggest communist country promised to protect private property and allow farmers to amass large land holdings. Accordin
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No guzzling!
Mileage norms in China soon
