Minitrue: Delete Report on Air Pollution Deaths
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Samuel Wade | Feb 6, 2017
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Sophie Beach | Jan 11, 2017
As it repositions itself as a potential leader in the global fight against climate change in...
by Josh Rudolph | Dec 15, 2016
For the first time in 2016, Beijing authorities have issued a five-day “red alert” for...
by Josh Rudolph | Oct 28, 2016
Amid China’s ongoing “war on pollution,” central authorities have signaled their...
by Samuel Wade | Apr 28, 2015
At Nature, Shanghai Maritime University’s Zheng Wan warns that China’s scientific...
by Cindy | Apr 13, 2015
China will soon surpass the U.S. as the world’s top emitter of greenhouse gas, according to...
by Cindy | Feb 24, 2014
Following a research report stating that Beijing’s environmental conditions are...
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 13, 2014
Citing a recent blue paper by the Social Sciences Academic Press and the Shanghai Academy of...
by Samuel Wade | Dec 6, 2013
As China pursues maritime claims on fronts as diverse as ADIZs and archaeology, South China...
by Josh Rudolph | Aug 1, 2013
The AFP reports on the toxic and deadly legacy left by a factory that ceased operation in 2009 in Shuangqiao, a small village in Hunan province: At least 26 villagers have died from cadmium poisoning and hundreds more fallen...
by 不忘初心 | Jan 1, 2013
After years of increasing public demand, the Chinese government is to release pollution data in 74 cities. Malcolm Moore at Telegraph reports: […T]he Chinese state media said on Sunday that 496 monitoring stations would...
by 不忘初心 | Aug 7, 2012
Zheng Ge, assistant professor at Hong Kong University, writes for Caixin about China’s environmental monitoring, calling for transparency in the release of data and decentralizing of government control: Environmental authorities...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 20, 2012
On June 13, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Cui Tiankai made the following statement amidst...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 6, 2012
Emulating the U.S. embassy in Beijing, the U.S. consulate in Shanghai started issuing hourly air...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 6, 2012
Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau: U.S. Consulate Publishing PM2.5 Air Quality Data Illegal...
by Melissa M. Chan | Jun 5, 2012
As Beijing is putting new regulations on the monitoring of air pollutants, China is telling foreign embassies to stop reporting on air quality. According to Xinhua, the air data from these embassies are ‘inaccurate’ and...
by Sophie Beach | Mar 1, 2012
The Chinese government has acknowledged the need for more accurate reporting of air pollutants and has passed regulations requiring some cities to monitor for ozone and PM2.5 particles. From China Daily: The State Council on...
by Scott Greene | Dec 5, 2011
Heavy smog in Beijing forced the delay and cancellation of hundreds of flights yesterday, as U.S. embassy readings continue to report “hazardous” and “dangerous” pollution levels in the Chinese capital....