Samuel Wade (@samuel_wade@mstdn.ca) is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver.
The Globe and Mail profiles environmental activist Dai Qing as she conducts a speaking tour of Canada. As well as the environmental issues with which she has long been involved, the article includes her scathing assessment of...
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Read MoreChina Daily carries a warning of serious and sustained decline in China’s grain production: Tang Huajun, deputy dean of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), said a 5 to 10 percent crop loss is foreseeable...
Read MoreTwo articles at China Dialogue discuss environmental issues facing Hong Kong. The first argues that the city must broaden its heavily technology-based approach to storm and flood defense, while the second urges a greening of its...
Read MoreBeijing Review reports that China has achieved a “bountiful harvest”, avoiding feared shortages like those that forced Russia to block grain exports in August. However, the country’s long-term food security...
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