China will include a pilot emissions trading scheme in its next five-year plan for economic development. But western businesses and consultants hoping for guidance on the prospects for carbon trading in China will remain frustrated...    more »

Sign of the times. HSBC, the London-based banking giant, is to relocate its chief executive's office to Hong Kong. The highly symbolic move will no doubt endear the bank to Chinese authorities...    more »

IBM hopes to convert the Yellow River Delta over to "harmonious development" and a modern services-led economy using the cloud computing model...   more »

Despite the poor precedents for global alliances, Telefónica is to increase its holding in China Unicom to just above 8%. More significantly, the Chinese company will take a 0.9% stake in Telefónica - the first Chinese stake in a European telco...   more »

China is to build a massive 2.2GW solar farm in Inner Mongolia using solar panels from US vendor First Solar. The facility, located near Ordos City, will be built in stages starting with a 30MW demonstration project...    more »

EngagingChina is taking a short break.

Normal service will be resumed in September.

Tianping Auto Insurance becomes China's first company to put its hand in its pocket and voluntarily buy carbon emission credits to offset the environmental impact of its business...    more »

Chinese IPO fever is raging once more so it was only a matter of time before Everbright Securities, the state-controlled broker, dusted off shelved plans for an IPO...    more »

SABMiller, the brewing giant, reports that lager sales in China rose 17% in Q2 2009, in sharp contrast to the European beer market where the weight of the recession cut beer sales 7%...    more »

China's telecoms market is poised to overtake Japan's by 2014. The prediction serves as a wake-up call for those western vendors for whom "Asia" has traditionally meant first and foremost Japan...    more »