Gong Honglie, an associate professor of international studies at Nanjing University
Globally, more than 300 million tons of plastics are produced each year, 90 percent of which are thrown away after use.
Goldman gets 15 percent of its revenue from Southeast Asia, which could be at risk if the scandal hurts Goldman's reputation, according to a report from UBS analyst Brennan Hawken.
Globally, the half-yearly value of newly announced global M&A activity by Chinese mainland companies reached billion, down 32 percent compared to the second half of 2017 but still significantly above the 6-month average seen in 2013-2015.
Globally, regulations on large technology companies are tightening. For instance, the European Union is about to enact a new digital service act to regulate large tech companies, including the US-based Google, which was obliged to change its practices to give equal treatment to rival services.
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Great Wall Motors demonstrates its latest autonomous driving technology at the CES Asia show in Shanghai last year.[Photo by Li Fusheng/China Daily]
Green finance designed to encourage more private capital into green sectors and stem investment that might pollute the environment is considered to be one of the key approaches to this end.
Grace Lang, director of Research Councils UK China, said: "We see the Rutherford Fund as an excellent opportunity to further help early-career as well as senior researchers in China to establish and solidify their professional and personal connections in the UK. China's share of global science and engineering publications is increasing. We hope researchers in China will benefit from this funding opportunity to gain international experience and more researcher-to-researcher links can be formed, contributing to a well-connected international research and innovation community."
Google, which held the top spot in 2011, now comes in at #4 on the ranking. Microsoft, which rose as high as #9 last year, slips to #15 in the latest poll.