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 Dallas Morning News via menafn.com (link): Bobby Carter shows all the symptoms of China fever. Each week, he meets with a private tutor to learn Mandarin. On airplanes, he listens to language tapes. And in his spare time, he reads books about the Asian powerhouse and blogs written by expatriates living there. China […]
Read MoreFrom AFP via The Nation (link): China has suspended approval of, or rejected, proposed industrial plants worth billions of dollars because they could threaten the environment, an environmental chief said Wednesday. Pan Yue, deputy director of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), said his bureau suspended approval for 44 proposed industrial plants and rejected plans […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC (link): Coal is needed to generate more than two-thirds of the country’s electricity, making China both the world’s largest coal producer and consumer. But profit-hungry mine owners are desperate to take advantage of soaring coal prices and often ignore safety precautions in an effort to increase production. And Chinese miners are paying […]
Read MoreFrom AP via the Sun Sentinel (link): China announced plans to increase existing sales taxes and impose new ones on goods ranging from disposable wooden chopsticks to luxury items such as yachts, in an effort to protect the environment and offset the widening gap between rich and poor. The Finance Ministry announced the change in […]
Read MoreShanghai Daily via the China Daily website (link): Lei Feng is no longer a hero only in real life. He is also the hero of an online video game. To do good deeds, as many as you can, is the trick for passing each level in the online game starring Lei Feng, the Nanfang City […]
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