Full Coverage: China
June 2006
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06/23/2006
China's plans to exploit the power of Southeast Asia's last great wild river by building a giant staircase of dams stretching from Tibet down through Yunnan province puts a region of unique natural and cultural wealth under threat, says Ola Wong.
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06/22/2006
China has opened a new research centre to help plan for future wind and solar energy plants.
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06/21/2006
China has opened a new centre to assess its potential to generate wind and solar energy.
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06/21/2006
Kiina on jälleen herännyt puolustamaan polkupyöriä kymmenen vuoden autobuumin jälkeen. Monien mieliin on iskostunut kuva rikkaista autoilijoista ja köyhistä pyörilijöistä. Nyt polkupyöräilyn hyvät puolet, terveyden edistäminen ja ympäristöystävällisyys, saavat jälleen huomiota.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Environment] [Health] Image: © Lloyd Wright / Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
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06/20/2006
China, trying to cut dependence on imported oil, will use cassava-based ethanol fuel for cars in the southern region Guangxi in 2007, state media.
Read moreImage: Cars to be run on cassava-based ethanol © Centre for Science and Environment
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06/16/2006
Yahoo! comes out as worst offender in censorship tests on Chinese versions of Internet search engines carried out by a leading media freedom group.
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06/15/2006
China’s government plans to create new fiscal policies to encourage the development of biomass energy – derived from plant matter like trees, agricultural crops, and a range of organic wastes and residues.
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06/14/2006
A savage attack on a critic of China's massive Three Gorges dam - apparently for talking to a German television journalist - has left him with a fractured neck and possible permanent paralysis.
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06/13/2006
China has a vision of lifelong learning in which information and communication technologies -based (ICTs) distance education and electronic learning are key components.
Read moreFrom: id21 Related: [Education] [ICT] |
06/13/2006
Secondo un rapporto diffuso oggi da Amnesty International, dietro una cortina di segretezza la Cina sta rapidamente emergendo come uno dei più grandi e irresponsabili esportatori di armi. Le armi cinesi stanno contribuendo ad alimentare conflitti brutali, criminalità e gravi violazioni dei diritti umani in paesi quali Sudan, Nepal, Myanmar e Sudafrica. Il rapporto rivela il possibile coinvolgimento di aziende occidentali nella produzione di alcuni tipi d’armamento. L’export cinese di armi si aggira almeno intorno a un miliardo di dollari l’anno, ma la Cina è l’unico paese, tra i grandi esportatori di armi, a non aver sottoscritto neanche uno degli accordi multilaterali che vietano il trasferimento di armi che potrebbero essere usate per commettere gravi violazioni dei diritti umani.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International (sezione italiana) Related: [Human Rights] [Activism] [Arms & Military] Image: La cinese Type 54 è una copia della russa Tokarev TT-33
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06/12/2006
China is fast emerging as one of the world’s biggest, most secretive and irresponsible arms exporters, according to a new report issued today.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Image: Amnesty's 'Million Faces' photo petition for arms control © Amnesty International
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06/12/2006
from Treehugger:
Read moreBig oil companies take plenty of flack for destroying the environment and China is criticised for its growth as a big carbon emitter, but few in North America and Europe acknowledge the ‘toxic black cloud that follows’ them as individual consumers. Related: [Northern America] [Europe] |
06/09/2006
from The Green Skeptic blog:
Read more'The world’s second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, surprisingly has emerged as a powerhouse in renewable energy.' Related: [Renewable Energy] Image: The Three Gorges Dam - renewable energy at a price © WWF
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06/08/2006
The Yangtze river is suffering from an early stage of cancer - and without urgent intervention, its condition is likely to worsen, warns Ma Jun.
Read moreImage: China's Water Crisis, the book by Beijing-based environmental advocate Ma Jun, who was named by Time magazine recently as one of the '100 people who shape our world'
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06/07/2006
Researchers have genetically modified a plant to make it tolerate low levels of boron, a nutrient often lacking from soils, especially in southeast China and Pakistan.
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06/07/2006
Several sluice gates have been simultaneously reopened to reconnect eight lakes to the Yangtze River - the first step in restoring natural ecological processes that will help heal the degraded central and lower wetland ecosystem.
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06/07/2006
China's drive for economic growth is in direct conflict with efforts to safeguard the environment, the government warned, and degradation is worsening despite official efforts to curb pollution.
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06/07/2006
Xiditoun ja Liukuaizhuangin taajamissa, niin sanotuissa "syöpäkylissä" sairastutaan syöpään jopa 25 kertaa todennäköisemmin kuin muualla Kiinassa. Kemianteollisuudesta, josta moni on käärinyt mittavan omaisuuden, maksetaan nyt kallista hintaa. Kiinan kansan päivälehti kertoo tuotannon kasvun haitat kokeneiden perheiden tarinan.
Read moreFrom: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related: [Health] |
06/06/2006
China is about to change from "emphasising economic growth but ignoring environmental protection to emphasising both", says a new government policy paper.
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06/04/2006
On the 17th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Amnesty reveals that many of those disabled in the violence still find it hard to work or remain healthy, and the Chinese government continues to refuse to compensate or help them.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International USA |
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