One of China’s more prolific columnists details for China Dialogue the sundry ways in which Chinese officials waste money that might otherwise be spent protecting the environment: In the past few years China’s central government has begun promoting the concept of a “conserving society”. But this should not just be an economic concept; it should […]
Read MoreChina’s top meteorologist predicts China will need to “add” 10 million hectares of arable land over the next two decades to compensate for losses to grain production caused by global warming. From China Daily: “Global warming may cause the grain harvest to fall by 5 to 10 percent, that is by 30-50 million tons, by […]
Read MoreWill China and America start a trade war? China warns about U.S. soy as Chinese goods are under scrutiny. See more via The New York Times: Zhang Shuhong, a 52-year-old businessman, had apparently committed suicide, just days after Mattel blamed his company, Lee Der Industrial, in Foshan, in southern China, for the recall of one […]
Read MoreHuang Yi, spokesman of the State Administration of Work Safety announced the establishment of an investigative team to look into the cause of the mine flood, via China Daily: …Huang refuted some one-sided media reports that had blamed the mine flood on natural disaster or human factor alone, saying his administration had not made any […]
Read MoreFrom Heritage Foundation website: … Both the Administration and Congress must get into the habit of seeing the regime in Beijing for what it is”a Communist dictatorship that suppresses religious, political, and labor freedoms at home and bullies its neighbors. It supports brother dictatorships around the globe, whether they are major or minor perpetrators of […]
Read MoreFrom Foreign Affairs (September/October 2007): China’s environmental problems are mounting. Water pollution and water scarcity are burdening the economy, rising levels of air pollution are endangering the health of millions of Chinese, and much of the country’s land is rapidly turning into desert. China has become a world leader in air and water pollution and […]
Read MoreJapan’s Yokohama Chinatown Gate, from Slick Vic, via Flickr.
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 MoreFrom Caijing.com.cn: TOM Group (2383.HK) , a media controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, reported a net loss of 72.35 million Hong Kong dollars, and saw its total revenue fall to HKÔºÑ1.347 billion, 8.6% lower from a year earlier. The company posted its interim report on August 21, pointing to Tom Online as the […]
Read MoreFrom Adfero: A Taiwanese jet has made an emergency landing in southern Japan after reportedly running out of fuel. All 165 people onboard the flight escaped uninjured and it is not thought that anyone was hurt in the latest event at Kansai airport in Osaka today. The incident is the second involving a China Airlines […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A Beijing factory sold up to 100,000 pairs of disposable chopsticks a day without any form of disinfection, a newspaper said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of food and product safety scares. Counterfeit, shoddy and dangerous products are widespread in China, whose exports have been rocked in recent months by a […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Yahoo.com: China is trying to stamp out protests over rail delays ahead of the Beijing Olympics , threatening passengers with legal action if they stay aboard their train once it has reached its destination. “Refusing to leave the train will be regarded as an illegal act endangering train safety,” the China News […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via iol.co.za: Police in east China have arrested or warned 60 people for spreading rumours by SMS or on the Internet so far this year and specified the threat of modern communications to society, state media said on Tuesday. China has an army of cyber-police who patrol the Internet for unfavourable content, but […]
Read MoreFrom Beijing Review: In recent years, issues on the medical system reform have gained much attention. This is related to the rapid development of other economic sectors, for example, manufacturing, agriculture and domestic trade. The people’s demand for food, clothing and even education has been satisfied, in terms of quantity. Against this background, inefficient medical […]
Read MoreChina fights back against US regarding the tainted exports issue and says that “it has found repeated food safety problems in soy bean imported from the United States and demanded the US take ‘effective actions’ to solve the problem.” From Shanghai Daily: Pernicious grasses such as ragweed have been detected in the genetically modified beans […]
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