Reuters: “China has put the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydro-electric project, on flood alert, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday after rain and mudslides killed 76 in areas to the west. Water levels at hydrological stations were above “warning levels” and rising and navigation on the giant reservoir above the dam had been […]
Read MoreToday’s New York Times: “Jiang Zemin, China’s military chief and senior leader, has told Communist Party officials that he plans to resign, prompting an intense and so far inconclusive struggle for control of the armed forces, two people with leadership connections say. ” Read Joseph Kahn’s entire article here. China Photos via Reuters Portraits of […]
Read More“China has intensified its battle against Internet and mobile phone pornography by threatening distributors with life in prison, Xinhua news agency said. “Depending on the seriousness of the cases, the sentences range from living under compulsory surveillance, detainment, taking into custody by the police, to various terms of imprisonment and life imprisonment,” Xinhua said. Beijing […]
Read MoreThis article is from Wired magazine. “China is staring at the dark side of double-digit growth. Blackouts roll and factory lights flicker, the grid sucked dry by a decade of breakneck industrialization. Oil and natural gas are running low, and belching power plants are burning through coal faster than creaky old railroads can deliver it. […]
Read More“Six Chinese provinces and municipalities will adopt an experimental framework for calculating ‘green GDP’ by the end of the year.” “The introduction of the ‘green GDP’ concept – loosely taken to mean official gross domestic product figures minus the cost of pollution and resource depletion – is a major initiative in the central government’s push […]
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