From China Daily Online: It’s not proving to be a good year so far for the Old Summer Palace in northwestern Beijing. First, lakes at the key tourist destination were covered with plastic covering aimed at preventing water seeping away. That outraged environmentalists who said the underground water supply will suffer.
Read MoreFrom the Common Dreams: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has named seven leaders in the field of the environment as Champions of the Earth for “setting an example for the world to follow.” The awards – for outstanding environmental achievers and leaders from each region of the world – will be presented on Tuesday […]
Read MoreFrom the High Performance Composites: Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Randers, Denmark) is planning to establish a wind blade factory in China after receiving an order from Jiangsu Unipower Wind Power Co. Ltd. for 50 V80-2.0 MW wind turbines. Ordered as part of China’s Rudong Wind Power Concession project, the turbines will have a total capacity […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua Online: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the westernmost region in China, will invest 13.68 million yuan (1.65 million US dollars) in the coming three years to build a wetland reserve along the Ertix River, China’s only river emptying into the Arctic Ocean, according to the local government. The Keketuohai wetland reserve, located in Habahe […]
Read MoreFrom Japan Today online: Monday, April 11, 2005 at 07:06 JST TOKYO ” About 60 Japanese and Chinese friendship groups will gather in Tokyo on Tuesday amid intensifying anti-Japan protests in China. Facing a range of bilateral issues including Japan’s bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council and a history textbook row, […]
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