From AP, via Yahoo! News: “China’s growing reliance on imported oil, pollution and looming water shortages pose the major threats to its economic development, a senior World Bank (news – web sites) official said Thursday. “The sustainability issues in China are the key issues in the next three to five years and the ones that […]
Read MoreThe inaugural issue of the revamped Far Eastern Economic Review features a translation of a section of an Investigation into China’s Peasantry, by Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao, who are now being tried for libel. The site is accessible by subscription only, but excerpts are below.
Read MoreVia Yahoo! News, from AFP: “China faces water shortage of 40 billion cubic meters (1,400 billion cubic feet) every year with severe water pollution posing a threat to the health of millions of people, state media reported. More than 400 of 669 Chinese cities are facing water shortages, among which the situation in 110 cities […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: “The price of China’s economic boom is being paid in water, Minister of Water Resources Wang Shucheng warned Monday. Chronic shortages, pollution, waste and poor management have combined to exhaust the country’s fragile water system, said Wang in a report to the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress (NPC) on the use […]
Read MoreEven as China’s economic growth slows down, there is a severe shortage of freight cars to deliver coal, iron, ore, and oil to continue feeding the mass industry in China. China Economic Net’s Story on Freight Car Shortage Many developmental agencies, like the Asian Developmental Bank, are investing millions of foreign and domestic dollars to […]
Read MoreReuters reported that China is awash in “out of control” acid rain. Acid rain fell on more than 250 cities nationwide and caused direct annual economic losses of 110 billion yuan. The rapidly growing number of cars and increasing consumption of cheap, abundant coal are the main causes of the acid rain in China, as […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: “Since China’s annexation of the Xinjiang-Uighur autonomous region in 1950, Beijing has pursued policies that have put considerable pressure on the local environment. This western region, which borders Central Asia, is home to China’s main nuclear testing site. Pollution does not respect political boundaries, which is why the impact of the 42 […]
Read MoreDue to its acceptance of the United Nations Kyoto Protocols, China has released 1994 data on national gas emissions. While the emission rates were low relative to other developing countries, China ranks second internationally, behind the United States, on emission pollution. However, China’s emissions are assumed to be higher now than in 1994, and are […]
Read MoreAccording to Xinhuanet News, China’s largest energy source is coal, which makes up about 70% of energy consumption. This in turn is contributing to a lot of the sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution in China’s environment. China hopes to pursue clean coal combustion by reducing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. The article is […]
Read MoreChina and other Asian countries are buying up environmentally friendly technology from Australian companies: “Australian environmental technology firms are reaping a huge bonanza from Asia’s industrial revolution and...
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