From Reuters via Planetark: China is planning to shut down small cement plants across the country over the next two years, as the latest step in its efforts to improve energy efficiency, combat pollution and upgrade its industry. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the powerful economic planning agency, said in a recent notice […]
Read MoreFirst it was global warming, now it’s factory pollution. Three weeks after Xinhua reported that the country’s largest lake, Qinghai Hu, could evaporate from rising temperatures within two centuries, the central news agency has come out with a new report saying Dongting Lake (Ê¥ûÂ∫≠Êπñ), China’s second largest, is at serious risk of “environmental decay.” The […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China has disciplined officials for a chemical leak that contaminated a river and cut off drinking water and pledged action against those responsible for two other environmental disasters, state media reported on Wednesday. Hu Zhirong, Communist Party boss of Linxiang, in the central province of Hunan, received a disciplinary warning for initially protecting […]
Read MoreFrom Chinaview via Xinhua News Agency: Chinese director Chen Kaige, whose movie “The Promise” allegedly caused environmental damage to a pristine Shangri-la lakeside during shooting, has been nominated for the country’s “Green Chinese” award. Many described it as an outrageous irony in China’s efforts to protect the environment. “How can Chen be nominated? If a […]
Read MoreForeign firms are joining the ranks of nasty polluters like notoriously irresponsible Chinese chemical plants, etc., from the Wall Street Journal: Thirty-four foreign-owned or joint-venture companies – including Panasonic Battery Co., PepsiCo Inc. and Foster Group Ltd. – were reported to have caused water pollution by regional and national government agencies, according to an investigation […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency: The Chinese have to spend a millennium to fix the country’s 10 million rare and dilapidated antique books if no measures are taken to intensify the current efforts to save them, an expert said Saturday. “We now have no more than 100 professionals specialized in ancient book restoration in the country. […]
Read MoreFrom China Net: China plans to establish a series of eco-system protection zones and forest reserves in Tibet to curb the environmental degradation in the region, local officials said Monday. The central government is expected to allocate 38.7 billion yuan (US$4.84 billion) to support the protection of the environment in Tibet between 2006 and 2020. […]
Read MoreThe following essay by Geremie R. Barm√© originally appeared in the Review weekly supplement, The Australian Financial Review, 31st March 2006. Published without notes under the title “Historical Distortions”. Thanks to Mr. Barm√© for allowing CDT to reprint it here. A Year of Some Significance By Geremie R. Barm√© History matters. It matters in Australia […]
Read MoreThe following is a full list of Zhejiang Province delegates to this year’s annual session of the National People’s Congress, currently underway in Beijing. The names were posted on March 14 by moogee, along with lists of delegates from Hebei, Liaoning and Shanxi provinces, on the SOHO Xiaobao BBS. (Password = 4) (Translated by CDT. […]
Read MoreFrom Inter Press Service, via Asia Times: China’s economists are grappling with the significance of the country’s economic size after gross domestic product (GDP) was officially restated as being much larger than previously thought. They are warning that, while the country’s bigger and more mature status is winning accolades from investment banks, the new picture […]
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