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.
From The Star Online: China’s third largest oil company China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) yesterday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Malaysian firm to develop palm oil-based biodiesel in a shift towards renewable energy sources. The pact was signed between its subsidiary, CNOOC Oil Base Group Ltd, with Bio Sweet Sdn Bhd, […]
Read MoreFrom NewScientist.com: China intends to launch a satellite aimed at developing space-enhanced super-fruits, vegetables and other crops, as it seeks ways to expand the nation’s food production, state press said on Monday. The Shijian-8, a recoverable satellite, will be launched aboard a Long March 2C rocket in early September 2006. It will stay in space […]
Read MoreFrom chinadaily.com.cn: Chinese millionaires feel insecure and troubled, even as they enjoy the social status and the sense of accomplishment their wealth brings. That’s the finding of a survey by the Guangzhou-based newspaper Nanfang Weekend, which has selected 80 persons for its annual domestic wealth creator list every year since 2004…The surveyed millionaires have an […]
Read MoreVia China Post: As if China didn’t have its hands full keeping tabs on its 1.3 billion people, the country will now begin tracking its vegetables. In an attempt to ensure food safety during the 2008 Olympics, Beijing is to give every cabbage, carrot and pea pod its own identity number and file, the Beijing […]
Read MoreXinhua via Shanghai Daily: CHINA plans to spend 1.4 trillion yuan (US$175 billion) on environmental protection during the nation’s 11th Five-Year Plan period, which will account for more than 1.5 percent of the GDP in the period, Xinhua news agency said today. A total of 180 billion yuan will be invested into building waste water […]
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