China Watch
by Ling Li on August 7, 2007 The Research and Breeding Center for Giant Pandas in Chengdu, the capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, is offering a new line of panda-themed souvenirs made from the animals’ manure.
A joint initiative of the Worldwatch Institute and Beijing-based Global Environmental Institute (GEI), China Watch reports on energy, agriculture, population, water, health, and the environment in China—with an emphasis on big-picture analysis relevant to policy makers, the business community, and non-governmental organizations.
by Hujun Li on August 2, 2007 A battle between humans and mice is raging in the Dongting Lake area of China’s Hunan Province. According to the province’s Department of Agriculture, the number of mice in the area has exploded to up to 2 billion in recent months.
by Ling Li on July 31, 2007 The release of a landmark 2005 Green National Accounting study that calculates the environmental costs of China’s rapid economic development has been “postponed indefinitely,” according to Wang Jinnan, the head of the study group.
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 Yunwu Cao on July 17, 2007 The Three Gorges Botanical Garden for Rare and Specious Plants, located in Chongqing in western China, was closed on June 9 due to funding shortages.
by Monica Liau on July 11, 2007 Under pressure from Beijing government ministries, the World Bank has cut by roughly one third a new report chronicling the widespread cost of pollution in China, according to the Financial Times
by Jianqiang Liu on July 10, 2007 The Chinese government has stepped up efforts to tackle the severe pollution of the nation’s rivers.
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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