American pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer Johnson & Johnson has announced the formal operation of its Chinese medical device production base in Suzhou. Involving an investment of US$100 million in the first schedule, the facility in Suzhou will provide orthopaedics devices to Johnson & Johnson's Chinese and international clients. Xie Wenjian, president of [...]

The Southwest Management Bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration of China has punished China Eastern Airlines' Yunnan Branch for the company's returned flights incident earlier this month after some of its pilots had a labor dispute. As punishment, the company has been asked to stop the flights between Kunming and Xishuangbanna, and Kunming and Dali. The [...]

Civil Aviation Administration of China says that from May 1, the number of luggage taken by passengers on Chinese domestic flights will be limited to ensure aviation safety. According to CAAC, each passenger in the first class cabins of airliners is allowed to take two pieces of articles and passengers in both the business class and [...]

Hyundai Motor Leading the Way to Make China Greener Apr.26, 2008 in Hyundai News Leave a Comment Hyundai Motor Company, one of Asia’s leading automotive manufacturers, will convert China´s deserts into grassland as its first global environment project. Hyundai Motor Co. will create a 50 square km prairie at Chakanor, an area within the Kunshantag desert in Inner Mongolia, China, by 2012. Through this project, part of the company´s “Hyundai Green Zone” project, Hyundai Motor hopes to prevent

Organic food is someting that I have become more and more interested in over the last few months (3 weeks in the US will change a person), and so it was with great interest that I read the post Working the Land the Natural Way by NPR’s Melissa Block. Posted to the Chengdu Diary section, Melissa [...]

Just a quick post to announce that Jingwei Zhou is joining the Crossroads writing team! Currently working at Bain, Jingwei has a long history of non-profit work and has been begging us for an opportunitiy to write (ok.. we actually begged her for months). She is very passionate for bringing awareness of social issues and the need [...]

Sweatshop report: Nine Dragons Paper a top exploiter Submitted by oiwan on Fri, 2008-04-25 16:39. China | Corporate social responsibility | Hong Kong | labour Nine Dragons Paper Nine Dragons Paper has been listed in Hong Kong Stock market since 2006, its peak market value was worth of HKD$100 billions. The corporate has two factory campuses in China, one in Dongguan, Guangdong province, one in Taichang, Jiangsu province, with 9,000 and 6,000 workers respectively. It has planned to develop

What to do when you build a school but the locals don’t see education important? What to do when you give poor people jobs then they continue to be alcoholic and gamblers? How can we make poverty reduction work effective?  I have recently finished the book ‘Banker to the Poor’ by the Nobel Peace Price [...]

With Chinese nationalism rising and anti-French feelings increasing, Airbus has shifted gears and called on its partners, suppliers and other related parties in China to share its vision of building a green, eco-friendly aviation industry.

American International Group has completed funding of approximately US$4 million for projects in China and the United States that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.