Update (March 16): The Guardian is reporting from Xining, Qinghai, that protests have spread in Sichuan and Qinghai provinces: In Aba county, Sichuan province, protesters attacked a police station with petrol bombs and fought...
Read MoreDominic Barton offers an interesting look at trade ties and new plans for shipping routes created in the paving of the “new Silk Road.” From the Financial Times: Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen, the German historian and geographer, coined the expression “Silk Road” 130 years ago to designate the well-worn path between China and the West […]
Read MoreThe Asian Wall Street Journal examines the responsibility of foreign corporations (and, one could imply, foreign consumers) in destroying China’s environment in the name of producing cheap goods: In the more than two decades since international companies began turning to Chinese factories to churn out the cheap T-shirts, jeans and sneakers that people around the […]
Read MoreChina is losing arable land due to urban sprawl, construction, and “environmental” efforts to replant trees (produce lumber). Will China policy address an increasing reliance on imported grain (sans mercury) ? Is there a plan to increase agricultural efficiency(GMOs and/or pesticides via Stephen Johnson head of the U.S. E.P.A.)? One may think that the President […]
Read MoreFormer pesticide lobbyist turned Bush appointed EPA chief, Stephen Johnson, has visited China and when it comes to lying about the environment, international solidarity seems to be flourishing. Both Johnson’s EPA and China have delayed serious emissions regulations until beyond 2018, but it seems the leaders of both countries enjoy paying lip service to environmental […]
Read MoreFrom Discovery News: China has laid out a three-step program for human space exploration: Technology demonstrations, occupancy of a small orbital module, and assembly of a large research complex. With two successful orbital spaceflights under its belt, China’s next step is to demonstrate more complex operations in space, such as a spacewalk or the ability […]
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