Analysis
by Yingling Liu on January 15, 2008 The
State Council, China’s cabinet, recently issued a directive banning the
production of ultra-thin plastic bags. The ruling
also prohibits shops, supermarkets, and sales outlets nationwide from handing
out free plastic bags starting on June 1.
by Yingling Liu on December 6, 2007 In the past several months, fuel scarcity has once again swept over much
of China:
drivers queuing for hours outside filling stations only to get a few liters of
rationed fuel, or simply being turned away by dry nozzles.
by Yingling Liu on November 29, 2007 In her essay, “The
Great Leap Backward?” ( Foreign
Affairs, September/October 2007), author Elisabeth Economy offers valuable
insights into the unprecedented scale of environmental problems China now faces.
by Yongfeng Feng on November 1, 2007 Every city needs someone to take care of its garbage. The most resource-efficient
way to dispose of urban trash is to recycle and reuse it. But this is more difficult than it sounds, especially in Beijing.
by Yongfeng Feng on October 23, 2007 The upcoming Summer Olympic Games have galvanized the host city of Beijing
into a frenzy of efforts to beautify its image. But are these “image” fix-ups eating away at funds needed to tackle more fundamental challenges, such as solid waste, sewage,
and air pollution?
by Jiaquan Wang on August 28, 2007 In recent years, Chinese authorities have waged a series of “green storms”—harsh crackdown campaigns against polluters—to check the nation’s worsening environmental deterioration, while also promoting a “green credit” system to deny polluting industries access to bank loans.
by Renjie Zhou and Yadan Wang on August 14, 2007 Every year, gusting winds from Inner Mongolia’s sprawling desert—a 150,000-square-kilometer area the size of the U.S. state of Georgia—threaten China’s capital Beijing with damaging sandstorms.
by Jiahua Pan on July 24, 2007 As the global temperature warms, how to deal with climate change has become a hot topic among the international community.
by Jianqiang Liu on July 19, 2007 Confronted with deteriorating environmental pollution, China's urban middle class has started expressing its anger through mass protests, achieving an initial success that is still rare throughout the country.
by Yongfeng Feng on June 28, 2007 The Chinese people are used to dividing their country into three parts—the East, the Middle, and the West.
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