Minitrue: Delete Report on Air Pollution Deaths
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
environmental data
Seeking Transparency in Chinese Pollution Data
As it repositions itself as a potential leader in the global fight against climate change in...
Beijing Plans to List Smog as “Natural Disaster”
For the first time in 2016, Beijing authorities have issued a five-day “red alert” for...
Xi’an Officials Detained for Altering Air Quality Data
Amid China’s ongoing “war on pollution,” central authorities have signaled their...
China’s Scientific Progress Hinges on Access to Data
At Nature, Shanghai Maritime University’s Zheng Wan warns that China’s scientific...
China Soon to Be Top Carbon Emitter Since 1990
China will soon surpass the U.S. as the world’s top emitter of greenhouse gas, according to...
Government Sends Teams to Investigate Pollution
Following a research report stating that Beijing’s environmental conditions are...
Smog Makes Beijing “Barely Suitable” for Life
Citing a recent blue paper by the Social Sciences Academic Press and the Shanghai Academy of...
Aquatic Drones to Boost China’s Maritime Power
As China pursues maritime claims on fronts as diverse as ADIZs and archaeology, South China...
Cadmium Poisoning From Hunan Factory Kills 26
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...
The Great Smog of China
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...
Secrecy in China’s Environmental Monitoring
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...
For Better Air, Don’t Pin Your Hopes on Embassies
On June 13, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Cui Tiankai made the following statement amidst...
Netizen Voices: Clearing the Air
Emulating the U.S. embassy in Beijing, the U.S. consulate in Shanghai started issuing hourly air...
Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau: U.S. Consulate Publishing PM2.5 Air Quality Data Illegal
Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau: U.S. Consulate Publishing PM2.5 Air Quality Data Illegal...
China Says Foreign Embassy’s Air Data Illegal
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...
New Regulations Require Monitoring of Air Pollutants
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...
In Beijing, Fog or Smog?
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....
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