President Hu: China to Focus on Expanding Imports
In a speech addressing a forum that commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the accession of China to the World Trade Organization, President Hu Jintao said that China will attempt to expand imports in...
View ArticleBeijing Air Quality at ‘Crisis’ Level
As the world’s leading emitter of greenhouse gasses, it is no secret that the air quality in urban China is far from perfect. The Wall Street Journal reports on a statement from Beijing Environmental...
View ArticleChina Orders Nationwide Emission Cuts by 2015
Amid growing concerns about pollution and the environment, the state council has ordered local governments to reduce the number of emissions of “major pollutants” by 2015. The list of pollutants...
View ArticleGuangxi’s Battle for Clean Water
After detection of high levels of cadmium in the tributaries of the Pearl River, officials claim that the levels of the poisonous chemical found in batteries has been successfully diluted. The chemical...
View ArticleThe Greening Of Mooncakes
Amid concerns of corruption during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xinhua reports 85 million Chinese traveled on the first day of the long holiday. Holiday travel has been infamous for straining the already...
View ArticleVillagers Clash With Police Over Coal Plant
As work resumes at a paper plant in Jiangsu after violent protests, residents in southern China have protested the building of a coal power plant, from the Associated Press: Residents of a town in...
View ArticleCensorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (3)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org...
View ArticleLeak Highlights China’s Water Pollution Problem
Chinese state media reports contamination of a north Chinese river has led the water supply in Handan to be cut off, from Xinhua: A statement by the city government said the cut-off was caused by an...
View ArticleMinistry of Truth: Vandalism and Water Pollution
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by central government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Beijing Municipal Propaganda Department: Do not report on the...
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Netizen Voices: Doubts over DPRK “Nuclear Drift”
China’s “old friend” isn’t known for playing nice. (Pumpkin Brother) After North Korea’s February 12 nuclear test, condemnation of the blast rained in from both China’s government and the general...
View ArticlePublic Fury as Environment Minister Keeps Job
While China’s new leaders stress their commitment to environmental protection, Zhou Shengxian’s continued position as environment minister has provoked public discontent. Pan Yue, a prominent critic of...
View ArticlePollution Solutions Succumb to Infighting
Pollution in China has reached heights forcing officials to acknowledge “ecological progress” as essential for both the nation’s well-being and their own political legitimacy. While forming policy to...
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The Beijing Patient: How Smog Changed Two Lives
Cancer is now the primary cause of death in Beijing, and air pollution is a major factor in this grim reality. The capital’s dangerous smog caused an “airpocalypse” this January, leading one public...
View ArticleCarbon Cap Proposed, Trading Pilot Unveiled
China, whose 2011 per capita carbon emissions rose to match those of the EU, has proposed to enact a nationwide cap on carbon emissions by 2016. The Independent reports: The battle against global...
View ArticleCan the U.S. Fight Climate Change without China?
President Obama’s new climate change plan unveiled this Tuesday calls for global action to reduce emissions and address global warming. Jordan Weissmann at The Atlantic looks at why the US needs...
View ArticleChina’s Industrial Growth ‘A Threat To Resources’
Li Jing at The South China Morning Post reports on a United Nations Environment Program study on China’s resource consumption. The study finds that the speed and scale of resource consumption in the...
View ArticleFactory Owners and Confucius on the Environment
Hangzhou-based Fulbright fellow Steven Zhang has been conducting research on how the management of factories in Zhejiang province view environmental protection. After describing the term huanbao (环保),...
View ArticleEnvironmental Activist Wu Dengming Dies
Founder of the Chongqing Green Volunteer League, Wu Dengming, who in his retirement organized no car days, tracked down pollution offenders, and risked his safety to film illegal logging in Sichuan...
View ArticleYour Christmas Lights Head to China, and Back Again
Reporting on his observations from a factory in Shijiao, Junkyard Planet author Adam Minter explains at Time that China will soon be recycling this year’s discarded Christmas tree lights, turning them...
View ArticleChina Falling Behind on 2020 Hydro Goals
Due to increasingly stringent hydro project approval rules, and despite warnings of a “Faustian bargain” with a runaway “hydro-industrial complex,” China is falling behind on its target to raise the...
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