China’s zero-COVID policy is, seemingly, over. Guidelines, referred to colloquially as “The New 10 Points,” issued Wednesday by the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council drastically curtailed restrictions...
On Wednesday, China’s National Health Commission announced ten new pandemic-related guidelines, signaling an easing of the nation’s long-running “zero-COVID” policy (also referred to euphemistically as “dynamic clearance”). The...
Last week, China’s National People’s Congress passed its long-awaited Foreign NGO Management...
Media coverage of two recent policy actions have helped to revive public fears about GMOs in a...
Xinhua (Link)April 28, 2006 China will release a report on the situation of the environment in the country on June 5, World Environment Day. The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) will promote the concept of caring for the environment to show the government’s determination to build an environmentally-friendly society and protect ecological safety, said an […]
China plans a 444% increase in nuclear energy production by 2020. Even with this marked increase, nuclear energy will only represent 9% of the country’s forecasted energy production. Are there any plans for nuclear waste management? March 24, 2006 China Daily (link) China will witness rapid growth in the number of nuclear power stations after […]
China is looking to the future with an appetite for energy. Increasing coal production and coal burning energy may increase the worldwide environmental crisis unless new clean coal burning technology is developed. Will China become a model for emissions regulation and clean energy or will it become a victim of its own idustrial success? China […]
To safeguard it’s supply of safe drinking water, a province in China seeks to pass a tough environmental law and prosecute pollluters. GUANGDONG, March 16, Xinhuanet (Link) The legislature of southern Guangdong Province, an economic engine of China, is creating a law to protect its supply of drinking water. A draft of the law will […]
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