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Chinese solar boom sparks global renewables boon

Paris - Emirates Voice

A Chinese boom in solar panel installation last year helped drive global investment in renewable clean energy technology to record levels, a new study showed Tuesday. After a dip in 2016, overall global investment in the sector rose 3.0 percent to a total $333.5 billion, offsetting falls in Japan, Germany and Britain, according to the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF)Read more

Chinese FA warns clubs over Aubameyang 'bidding war'

london - Emirates voice

Chinese media have been filled for days with reports that a deal has been reached for Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to move to Fabio Cannavaro's Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande after the Bundesliga season More China's football association (CFA) warned Tuesday that it would punish teams who flout its transfer rules, following reports two clubs are battling to signRead more

Philippines to protest over China activity

Manila - Emiratesvoice

The Philippines will lodge a diplomatic protest with China after Manila questioned if Beijing had reneged on a pledge not to militarise a disputed South China Sea reef. Beijing claims nearly all of the sea and has been turning reefs in the Spratly and Paracel chains into islands, installing military facilities and equipment on them. Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana Tuesday said ManilaRead more

Tanker ablaze and 32 missing in collision off China's east coast

Dubai - Emirates Voice

The Panamanian-flagged 274-metre tanker Sanchi was operated by Iran's Glory Shipping and heading to South Korea with its cargo, the ministry said. The accident happened 160 nautical miles east of Shanghai. The second vessel involved was a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship, the CF Crystal, carrying 64,000 tonnes of grain. "The Sanchi is still floating and continues to burn, there isRead more

South African tourist killed in Luxor hot air balloon crash

Dubai - Emirates Voice

The balloon took off shortly before sunrise and flew about 45 minutes at an altitude of 450 metres before the pilot lost control due to strong wind that forced a crash landing in a mountainous area, the officials said. They said the tourist who died was South African. No details were immediately available on the nationalities of the other victims.Read more

Chinese activist jailed for 8 years after major crackdown

Tianjin - Emiratesvoice

China sentenced an activist known by the online pseudonym "Super Vulgar Butcher" to eight years in prison Tuesday, one of the harshest punishments meted out to the group of lawyers and activists swept up in a major crackdown on civil society two years ago. The punishment handed to Wu Gan, who refused to plead guilty to charges of "subverting state power",Read more

Australia casino giant Crown hit with class action over China

Sydney - AFP

Australian gambling giant Crown was hit with a class action Monday after 18 employees were arrested in China, alleging it did not give shareholders enough information about the risks being taken. The employees, who pleaded guilty, were held for 10 months on charges of luring rich Chinese to Australia, before being released in August. They included Jason O'Connor, the executiveRead more

N. Korea claims nuclear statehood with US

Seoul - Emirates Voice

The United States on Wednesday warned that North Korea's leadership will be "utterly destroyed" if war breaks out as it called on countries to cut all diplomatic and trade ties with North Korea -- including Chinese oil shipments to Pyongyang. Washington urged tough action at an emergency meeting of the Security Council called to respond to North Korea's launch ofRead more

Taiwan's creative campaign for traditional characters

Taipei - Emirates Voice

As a growing number of people around the world learn simplified Chinese instead of the more complicated traditional characters, young creatives in Taiwan are fighting to promote what they fear will become a dying art. Introduced by the Chinese Communist Party in the 1950s to boost literacy, the simplified version of the script uses fewer strokes and is now theRead more