“China is facing an ecological and health crisis. Heavy air pollution contributes to respiratory illnesses that kill up to 300,000 people a year, many in cities but also in rural areas, the World Bank estimates. Liver and stomach cancer, linked in some studies to water pollution, are among the leading causes of death in the […]
Read More“China in 2020.” That’s a fascinating topic to speculate. Jonathan Watts started his article in The Guardian today with “By 2020, China will have overtaken Japan as the world’s second biggest economy. It may even have started to rival the US in terms of the hard power of its military. But if it is to […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: “China will include AIDS ( news -web sites ) prevention classes in the curriculum of all universities and secondary schools throughout the country from 2005. Students will be taught about HIV ( news -web sites )/AIDS in order to raise their awareness about the disease and to dispel misunderstandings and discrimination.” The full […]
Read MoreFrom AP via Yahoo News: “China’s government is investigating a downturn in the automobile industry, state media reported Thursday, citing worries over soaring production and slowing sales. China is on-track to be the world’s third largest auto manufacturer after the United States and Japan, with output forecast to top 5 million units this year, the […]
Read MoreFrom today’s Financial Times: ” China has blamed poor working conditions at companies in the Pearl river delta, a manufacturing heartland studded with foreign factories, for an unprecedented shortage of workers that threatens to erode the competitiveness of the region bordering Hong Kong. Low wages, late payment and long hours in harsh conditions found among […]
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