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5 Things to Know… About China’s Floating Population

Decades ago, China’s “floating population” of migrant laborers consisted largely of poor, rural people moving to the cities in search of jobs, eventually returning home to raise a family. But after 30 years of reform,...

China’s Uphill Battle to Promote Electric Vehicles

By Nicholas Wah Hard sell: Despite government subsidies for electric cars, Chinese buyers are holding off The Chinese government has many modes of attack in its war on pollution. Among other initiatives, it has established...

How Far Have China’s Economic Reforms Come over the Past Year? Houze Song Comments

“China to Boost $100 Billion Green Bond Market for Renewables”

The Paulson Institute Newsletter – September 2015

Evan Feigenbaum & Damien Ma: “Lenin’s Chinese Heirs”

Why CEOs Are Talking Global Responsibility with China’s President

By Deborah Lehr In Seattle last week, the Paulson Institute, with its partner, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), brought together heads of leading U.S. and Chinese companies for a roundtable...

Why China’s New Cap and Trade Plan is the Real Deal

By Josh Margolis It may have come as a surprise to see Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House and to hear the announcement that China will implement a national carbon cap and trade...

Congress runs out of excuses as China sets the pace on climate

By Kate Gordon “We should firmly pursue green, low-carbon, circular and sustainable development.” These words were spoken at the UN General Assembly today not by the head of a small and reliably eco-friendly nation (think...

Common Ground: U.S. and China Taking the Lead on Preventing Climate Change

By Anders Hove Yesterday, in a joint announcement with the U.S., China officially committed to launching a national carbon emissions trading system (ETS) by 2017 and taking additional steps to ensure the electric power sector...