Photo: Water Baby
Mother and son play with water erupting from a manhole in Shanghai, by Victor Ngo via Flickr.
Read MoreZhaohua Li
Zhaohua Li is an American-born independent journalist based in Beijing. He has written on Asia for the Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle and Frommer's guidebooks, among other publications. He is currently also a Blakemore-Freeman fellow in Chinese language studies at Tsinghua University. His interests in China run from the energy and the environment to media and pop culture.
China Raise Fines On Polluters To Protect Ancient City － Xinhua
Factories near Lijiang beware: Local companies face a maximum fine of one million yuan (US$146,000) if they fail to meet annual targets of energy consumption and emission reduction, sources with the local environment protection bureau said. The companies will lose tax rebates and other preferential policies, and are threatened to be shut down if they […]
Read MoreChinese Taikonauts May Build CPC Branch In Space – Xinhua
CDT’s nomination for the strangest news (so far at least) to come out of the on-going 17th Party Congress. Via China Daily: Chinese taikonauts (astronauts) may start a branch of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in space, said the country’s first taikonaut Yang Liwei. China now has a 14-strong astronaut team. The team members, […]
Read MoreEco Protestor Puts Masks On China’s Terracotta Warriors – AFP
A protester concerned about climate change hangs surgical masks on two of the Terra Cotta warriors on display at London’s British Museum right around the time Hu Jintao was lecturing the 17th Party Congress delegates on the need environmentally-conscious economic growth: Martin Wyness jumped over barriers to place the masks bearing the slogan “CO2 emission […]
Read MoreChina Threatens Polluters With Ban On Exports – Dune Lawrence
Trade surplus making others mad? Environmental meltdown lurking on the not-too-distant horizon? Beijing announces a stone for both birds. From Bloomberg (via the International Herald Tribune): Companies found ignoring waste-discharge limits face a ban from international trade for as long as three years to discourage exporters from cutting costs at the expense of the environment, […]
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