Your Christmas Lights Head to China, and Back Again
Reporting on his observations from a factory in Shijiao, Junkyard Planet author Adam Minter...
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How America’s Trash Becomes China’s Treasure
Bloomberg Businessweek has published a lengthy excerpt from contributor Adam Minter’s...
Chinese Mine Threatens Afghan Buddhist Site
In Afghanistan, a planned Chinese mine at the site of the world’s second largest deposit of copper is threatening an ancient Buddhist settlement including the remains of a 100-acre monastery. Archeologists are currently...
Chinese Company to Mine 2600-Year-Old Buddhist Site
In Afghanistan, the world’s largest second largest copper deposit sits below a sacred Buddhist site, which contains more than 200 statues and a 100-acre monastery complex. The site is now in danger of being destroyed by...
China’s Part in Afghanistan Mining Boom
A New York Times article on the rush for Afghanistan’s estimated trillion-dollar natural resources includes details of Chinese companies’ involvement. Already this summer, the China National Petroleum Corporation, in...
Chinese Manager Killed at Zambian Mine
One Chinese manager has been killed and two injured at a copper mine in Zambia where 11 local workers were shot in 2010. From The Wall Street Journal: Scores of irate coal miners on Saturday attacked their supervisors after...
Mixed Views & Fisticuffs Over Shifang Protests (Updated)
An online argument about environmental protests in Sichuan, which halted construction of a large molybdenum copper plant, reportedly spilled into a Beijing park on Friday. From Global Times: Wu Danhong, 33, an assistant...
Peruvian Town May Move for Chinese Mine
While protesters appear to have staved off a planned copper plant in Shifang, Sichuan, a Chinese mining company plans to relocate an entire town which sits atop a major copper deposit in the mountains of Peru. Residents have...
Imperiled Buddhas and Sino-Afghan Relations
By investing heavily in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, China has extended its political influence in the war-torn country, and secured some of the resources needed to fuel its own rapid development. In 2007, state-owned...
Chinese Mine Gives Zambian Workers 85% Raise After Sata Victory
Following the election victory last week of Michael Sata, an outspoken critic of Chinese labour abuses in Zambia’s mining industry, Christian Science Monitor reports that one Chinese mine has given employees a sudden 85%...
China Critic Wins Zambian Election
Africa’s largest copper producer has elected and sworn in a new president, “anti-China” candidate Michael Sata. During his campaign, Sata accused Chinese mining companies of exploitation, while decrying the...
China’s Coal Rush Leaves Three Million Living on the Edge
The Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore reports from Shanxi on the voracious coal mining which, according to local government, has left more than 8,000 square miles of the surface dangerously vulnerable to subsidence and sinkholes....
Chinese Copper Mine Will Crush Ancient Afghan Buddhist Site
The Los Angeles Times reports the impending destruction of a 5th Century Buddhist monastery in Afghanistan to make way for a Chinese copper mine. “As an archaeologist, of course I’m worried about this,” said...
Chinese Copper Mine In Afghanistan Threatens 2,600-Year-Old Buddhist Monastery
AP reports on China’s efforts to tap the world’s second-largest copper mine, in Afghanistan, and thereby threaten an ancient Buddhist monastery: The mine is the centerpiece of China’s drive to invest in...
China Willing to Spend Big on Afghan Commerce
The New York Times reports on China’s efforts to extract copper from Afghan mines, “by far the largest foreign investment project in war-torn Afghanistan”: Two years ago, the China Metallurgical Group...
Two Die in Attack on Chinese-owned Mine in Peru
Reuters reports that two workers died and several disappeared in an armed attack on the controversial Chinese-owned Rio Blanco copper project in northern Peru: About 15 to 20 armed people invaded the mining camp on Sunday and...
Chinese Company’s Contract to Mine Afghanistan’s Rich Copper Deposits Criticized as a Bad Deal
A Chinese mining deal in Afghanistan illuminates the complexities facing President Obama as he determines America’s course in the country. AP reports: At a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of the Afghan capital, a...
China’s Copper Mine Project in Peru Reflects its Economic Power
The Los Angeles Times is the latest to report on China taking advantage of their cash flow to buy up natural resources around the world. They report from Peru on a copper mining project: The open-pit mine is expected to produce...
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