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Smoke and steam rise from towers at the coal-fired Urumqi Thermal Power Plant as seen from a plane in Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 21, 2021. China is promoting coal-fired power as the ruling Communist Party tries to revive a sluggish economy, prompting warnings that Beijing is setting back efforts to cut climate-changing carbon emissions from the biggest global source. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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China promotes coal in setback for efforts to cut emissions
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Sat,04/23/22-9:07PM , 121 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — China is promoting coal-fired power as the ruling Communist Party tries to revive a sluggish economy, prompting warnings Beijing is setting back efforts to cut climate-changing carbon emissions from the biggest global source.
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A woman wearing a face mask walks past a mural in Beijing, Friday, April 22, 2022. Officials in Shanghai promised Friday to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering food supplies and trade as they try to revive the local economy while millions of people are still confined to their homes. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Shanghai easing virus rules, Hong Kong ending entry ban
By JOE MCDONALD - Associated Press
Fri,04/22/22-2:04AM , 190 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Officials in Shanghai promised Friday to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering food supplies and trade, while Hong Kong's government announced the end of a 2-year-old ban on non-residents flying into the city as its outbreak fades.
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Residents line up for mass testing in a lockdown area in the Jingan district of western Shanghai, Monday, April 4, 2022. Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes Wednesday, April 20, 2022, as coronavirus rules that shut down China’s largest city eased and some factories resumed operation. (AP Photo/Chen Si, File)

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Shanghai allows 4 million out of homes as virus rules ease
By JOE MCDONALD - Associated Press
Tue,04/19/22-10:10PM , 165 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes Wednesday as anti-virus controls that shut down China's biggest city eased, while the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast of Chinese economic growth and warned the global flow of industrial goods might be disrupted.
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People wearing face masks shop clothing during a promotion New Year sale at a mall in Beijing on Jan. 16, 2022. China’s economic growth edged up to a still-weak 4.8% over a year earlier in the first three months of 2022 as spreading coronavirus outbreaks prompted shutdowns of major industrial cities. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

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China's economy grows still-weak 4.8% in January-March
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Mon,04/18/22-3:37AM , 205 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders face pressure to shore up sinking economic growth after Shanghai and other cities shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, threatening to disrupt global trade and manufacturing.
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