Corn Crop in China Slumped 13% on Worse Drought Damage, SGS Survey Shows Nov 9, 2009
43 price at ocean ports in Dalian, even with shipping costs and a 13 percent import tariff, said , president of AgResource Co. in Chicago. Corn futures have fallen 8. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
China's electric car revolution Oct 9, 2009
Last February, the Ministry of Finance announced a new commitment to promote alternative fuel vehicles in the country's 13 largest cities - Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Zhangchun, Dalian, Hangzhou, Jinan, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Hefei, Kunming, and Nanchang. The mandate calls for public services to begin adopting alternative fuel vehicles in these cities and provides subsidies for production and purchasing of alternative fuel cell vehicles, including 50,000 yuan per hybrid and 60,000 yuan per... (Asia Times Online)
Meet Bangalore's hottest rival Sep 16, 2009
DALIAN: Once a simple port city on China's northeast coast, Dalian is now the hub of the country's booming outsourcing and IT industries, with dozens of the world's top high-tech firms on site ... "Dalian has become China's number one spot for outsourcing", both in terms of call centres and management facilities, said Chuck Shi, deputy director of the high-tech zone ... The result of Dalian's focus on IT has been that economic growth has topped the already impressive national average in recent... (India Times, India)
JAL plans to suspend 50 routes Sep 16, 2009
Of the international routes, JAL is studying suspending routes connecting Narita airport and Rome, Italy and San Paulo, Brazil, as well as routes linking Tokyo and Mexico and Osaka and Dalian, China, the sources said. Read business stories in. (India Times)
SAIL likely to ban 3 Chinese cos Sep 12, 2009
Indias largest steel producer has seen delays in project implementation and cost overruns after it invited three Chinese companiesCISRI, Dalian Huarui and Beijing Sino Steelin the expansion projects of its offshoot, IISCO Steel Plant. The board will soon take up the issue and may blacklist such defaulting Chinese firms, a steel ministry official said, requesting anonymity. (India Times)
Big greenhouse gas cuts needed: UN Sep 12, 2009
DALIAN, China: Rich countries must commit to deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions if they want China and India to sign onto an accord to curb global warming, the top UN climate official said Friday. "We need to see that leadership from rich countries," said Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Climate Change Secretariat, at the World Economic Forum. (India Times)
China target $150 handset to boost 3G Sep 11, 2009
DALIAN: China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers, said on Friday it hoped to soon have lower-cost handsets for its 3G service, as it tries to popularise the service based on a homegrown standard. The company is aiming to have handsets for its TD-SCDMA service selling for about 1,000 yuan ($146) each, versus the current 2,000 yuan to 4,000 yuan, Chairman Wang Jianzhou told reporters in a small group interview at the World Economic Forum in the northeast port city of Dalian.... (India Times)
Ethiopia: Changing Mindset Over Markets [interview] Sep 1, 2009
We believe ECX has the potential to be like Kuala Lumpur for rubber or DaLian Commodity Exchange in China for soya bean or the South African Exchange for maize. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
A strategic road-map for Indian companies entering China Aug 7, 2009
An Indian IT company may well choose to set up a Japanese language support centre in Dalian, a domestic China focused delivery centre in Shanghai, and a global Rre in the Zhongguancun Science Park in Beijing. Each of these three operations could be driven by a different logic and may be only loosely coupled to each other. (India Times)
* China and Russia: friends for now Aug 4, 2009
Instead of visiting St Petersburg, local Russians are more likely to holiday in China X traveling by bus to the Chinese seaside resort of Dalian and other destinations in Chinas northeast. Gradually, Asiatic Russians are getting to know their neighbors better. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Taiwan News Quick Take Jul 24, 2009
Flights will proceed straight from Salmi to northeastern cities in China, including Dalian, Qingdao, Shenyang and Harbin. The new northern route will shorten flight time by 24 minutes, while the new southern route will cut travel time by five minutes, Lee said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
All Nippon Air Reviews Four Services From Kansai Airport as Demand Drops Jul 7, 2009
The carrier will cut services from Kansai to the Chinese cities of Dalian and Hangzhou, the Nikkei said. All Nippon and Japan Air are cutting routes as the nations worst postwar recession slashes demand for travel. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Cathay Pacific slashes flights to battle travel downturn Apr 19, 2009
Dragonair will halt flights to Fukuoka, Japan, and to Dalian, Shenyang, Guilin and Xian in China. It will also trim services to Busan, South Korea, and to Shanghai. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Cathay Pacific Cuts Capacity, Implements Unpaid Leave on Plunging Travel Apr 17, 2009
Dragonair will halt flights to Fukuoka, Japan, and to the Chinese cities of Dalian, Shenyang, Guilin and Xian. It will also trim services to cities including Busan, South Korea, and Shanghai. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Intel: China fab on schedule Mar 13, 2009
5 billion to build a 300-mm fab in the northern Chinese city of Dalian ... Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said via email Thursday (March 12) that there has been no change in plans for Dalian ... Risto Puhakka, president of semiconductor industry research firm VLSI Research Inc., said he has not heard anything about a delay at Dalian and does not buy speculation that the project could be cancelled. (EETimes)
