From Seed Magazine: For decades, China was barely a blip on the scientific radar. Communism’s arbitrary appointments, combined with the Cultural Revolution’s disdain for education, crippled Chinese science. But today China is in the midst of a scientific revolution. China’s current economic and political strategy, as named by President Hu Jintao at a recent Central […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: ¬∑ Huge polluter would be leading green player ¬∑ Critics claim target will not offset climatic damage China, the world’s second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, announced plans yesterday to more than double its reliance on renewable energy by 2020, which could make it a leading player in the wind, solar and […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times (free registration required): A FORMER FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN once famously said it was the central bank’s job to “take away the punch bowl when the party is warming up.” That’s precisely what Alan Greenspan and his colleagues at the Fed have been doing for more than a year now, as […]
Read MoreFrom AAP: Chinese Ambassador Fu Ying has accused would-be defector and former diplomat Chen Yonglin of greed, saying if he succeeded in his quest for refuge in Australia it could open the floodgates. Addressing the inaugural Australia-China Coal Summit, Ms Fu said Mr Chen appeared to hate China, adding: “But China, the country he dislikes […]
Read MoreIn the Shadow of Gaoligong By Brent E. Huffman Gaoligong Mountain trembled violently. Gaoligong is one of China’s biggest mountains located in Southwestern Yunnan province. It is terrifying to feel a mountain rumble and shake beneath your feet. My partner Chinese reporter Xiaoli Zhou and I were in its shadow as we walked a thin […]
Read MoreAs Chinese provinces submit their annual GDP reports, Asia Times has two articles about the environmental impact of China’s economic growth. The first, the State of Pollution, says: On the face of it, Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang ranked as the top four in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), with each exceeding 1 trillion […]
Read MoreFrom the Independent : China has abruptly slowed and halted work on building 22 major dams and power stations in a dramatic greening of the policies of the world’s most populous nation. The surprise move – one of the most dramatic ever undertaken by any government – arises from rapidly growing environmental concern in China. […]
Read MoreEighteen months ago, Shen Yachuan was a greenhorn Internet writer hurting to seek cyberspace justice for a murdered high-school teacher. Now, he is a journalist and has worked at some of China’s most daring newspapers. After bringing the story to national attention through an exclusive online report, Shen said he had finally found some peace […]
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