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IFC HELPS PROMOTE INDIA ELECTRONIC MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHINA may be rightly attacked for poor environmental standards, but it is doing well regarding electric motorcycles, with 10 million being sold every year. This compares with just 50,000 in India, where petrol is king – a problem that is the focus of a new International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank loan.…
GM CROPS FIGHT TO MARKET IN EUROPE THROUGH TOUGH RED TAPE
BY DEIRDRE MASON
FEW issues have proved as globally divisive as the ability to modify crops genetically. For years, a line has been drawn between the cautious European Union (EU) and the go-for-it United States, which has seen them at loggerheads over trading genetically modified crops.…
EUROPE OVER TAKES USA IN SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE USA’S National Science Foundation has tried to put a positive gloss on the latest global comparative scientific publishing figures, saying that although the American industry is less prolific than that in Europe, it is still more important.…
INNOVATION SURGING AHEAD IN JAPAN CAR PAINTS – SELF-HEALING COATINGS ON THEIR WAY
BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo
WITH a quick scrubbing motion, Tatsuya Ishihara commits an act that is tantamount to a crime in the vehicle industry. The to-and-fro of the wire brush has etched scars in the black paint on the bonnet of the brand new Nissan X-Trail SUV that would normally require a return to the workshop.…
INNOVATION SURGING AHEAD IN JAPAN CAR PAINTS - SELF-HEALING COATINGS ON THEIR WAY
BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo
WITH a quick scrubbing motion, Tatsuya Ishihara commits an act that is tantamount to a crime in the vehicle industry. The to-and-fro of the wire brush has etched scars in the black paint on the bonnet of the brand new Nissan X-Trail SUV that would normally require a return to the workshop.…
HARRY POTTER - THE DEATHLY HALLOWS LAUNCH - CHINA
BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing
THE CHINA National Publications Import and Export Corporation, which controls imports of books, imported 50,000 English language copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The company usually orders about 100 copies of popular English language books.…
GREATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NEEDED TO GUARANTEE HYDROGEN TRANSPORT FUTURE - IEA TOLD
BY PHILIPPA JONES, in Paris
GLOBAL coordination and greater investment is needed if the cars of the future are to run on hydrogen, claimed delegates at a conference in Paris this week. Elevated costs, refuelling networks and production means are all problems that must be tackled, but more basic lacunae should be filled immediately if hydrogen is to fulfil its potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security for the transport sector.…
NANO-KNITTING NOW POSSIBLE IN CONVENTIONAL FABRICS
BY MARK ROWE
SCIENTISTS are on the verge of knitting nanofibres together to create garments with new standards of durability, thinness, flexibility and waterproofing. The development is seen as a breakthrough in nanotechnology, where scientists have grappled for several years to find a way of knitting minute nanofibres together.…
MANDELSON PLAYS SOFTLY-SOFTLY APPROACH AHEAD OF FULL CHINESE TEXTILE TRADE LIBERALISATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson is working to dampen hopes of robust EU protection against Chinese clothing and textile exports to Europe after China secures full trading rights this December 31.
From that day, the full World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement on textile and clothing will apply to Chinese exporters, and that effectively means all bets are off – if EU importers want to buy, China will supply.…
HARRY POTTER - THE DEATHLY HALLOWS LAUNCH - CHINA
BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing
THE CHINA National Publications Import and Export Corporation, which controls imports of books, imported 50,000 English language copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The company usually orders about 100 copies of popular English language books.…