In 2010, the United States pledged to cut its economy-wide carbon emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. "Nevertheless, as of the end of 2018, the US only managed to bring its greenhouse gas emissions 10.2 percent lower than its 2005 figure, barely meeting its 60-percent emission reduction target," it added.
In 2011, employed by Beijing Green Garden Group Co Ltd, Yu came to work in Beijing as a landscape designer. The first project he took part in was the Beijing Garden Expo Park. Together with his colleagues, Yu lived in a shabby and crowded bungalow near the construction site for six months. With no heating, the dormitory was freezing in winter. With no running water, Yu and coworkers shaved their heads to save the trouble of washing it.
In 2012, Chinese and Japanese scholars joined in research for the publication of the Buddhist classics.
In 2014, it joined with the coffee shop franchise Gloria Jean's Coffees and now owns more than 100 Gloria Jean's Coffee shops and Goubuli restaurants in China.
In 2014, Fuyao bought a former General Motors facility closed in the 2008 financial crisis and turned the abandoned plant into a two-million-square-feet factory.
Ikea China started its transformation 18 months ago, with digitalization one of the focuses. The launch of the virtual store on Tmall, according to Kuliga, is "a significant milestone" for Ikea's development in China and an important breakthrough in the company's omnichannel strategy in the country.
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In 2016, David Mayman, founder of the US company Jetpack Aviation, flew his JB-10 over the Port of Long Beach in California. JB-10 secured a US Federal Aviation Administration's certification to fly over land. The company unveiled the next generation JB-11 at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show.
In 2013, billionaire Ni Zhaoxing, owner of Shanghai-based Zhongrong Group, held talks with Bromley borough council, the local authority responsible for a park in Southeast London, to construct a 500-million-pound (1 million) replica of the Crystal Palace, which housed the Great Exhibition of 1851 and which was destroyed by fire in 1936.
In 2009, after stories of marriage infidelities, Woods lost endorsement deals with AT&T Inc and Accenture Plc. Sponsors such as Procter & Gamble Co's Gillette and Berkshire Hathaway Inc's NetJets honored their contracts with Woods, but stopped using him in marketing.
In 1993, the country's first lacquer model of a human body for traditional Chinese medical use was unearthed in Mianyang, Sichuan. But it did not have acupuncture points like those on the second lacquer model, he said.