Asia Times looks at the growing importance of climate change in negotiations between the U.S. and China on the economy, security, and a range of other issues: The security implications of climate change offer promising areas of...
Read MoreIn Japan Focus, Peter Bosshard, Policy Director of International Rivers, writes about a new willingness among those in China who build and finance dam projects overseas to abide by international environmental standards: Chinese...
Read MoreThe water level of the Three Gorges Dam is about to reach its highest level, marking the completion of the massive hydro-electric project. Asia Times reports on the continued controversy over the dam: Unlike 12 years ago, when...
Read MoreFrom a Washington Post editorial: Foreign companies are drawn to China’s market of more than 200 million Internet users. But the conditions of doing business in China are complicated: Content providers must agree to abide...
Read MoreFrom AFP: China’s dependency on coal as its major energy source is creating hidden environmental and other costs worth more than seven percent of its annual gross domestic product, green groups said Monday. A report...
Read MoreWarren Buffett, who recently has made headlines in the U.S. for his investment in a beleaguered Goldman Sachs, is also showing his faith in Chinese innovation and renewable energy by investing in a Chinese electric car...
Read MoreYes, China lost a lot of tons of vegetables and crops in the wake of mega snowstorms. Also gone are slowly recovered forests, says China Daily: About 18.6 million hectares of forests were destroyed or damaged – it is equal...
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from Qinghai News Online: It’s no surprise to see tourism crawling all the way up the Qinghai Plateau. And it’s no wonder either more and more visitors the plateau are driving their own cars to get there. Yet, at the same time, the plateau has seen a boom in environmentalism. “We came […]
Read MoreFrom International Herald Tribune: Days after the July 1 celebrations marking 10 years of Chinese sovereignty, the Hong Kong government embarked Wednesday on a formal consultation with the city’s people on the kind of democracy this semi-autonomous corner of China might adopt. The government promised to spend three months listening to the views of Hong […]
Read MoreFrom China Dialogue: A recent “green accounting” report put a headline-grabbing price tag on China’s growth. But how far is the country from calculating its real “green GDP”? Stephen Green reports on the measures that may help to assess its sustainability. A small green bud sprouted in China’s statistical forest when a report that summarised […]
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