China Watch
by Ling Li on May 22, 2007 A new survey of childhood lead poisoning in 15 Chinese cities reveals that in Beijing, 7 percent of children under the age of six have lead levels in their blood that exceed the national standard.
by Lila Buckley on May 17, 2007 Last month, in a creative new approach to China’s environmental protection efforts, U.S. artists joined Chinese students and teachers in a group mural design and painting project. The experience brought together 88 children from 11 schools in Beijing, Hangzhou, Hebei, and Shanghai to design, plan, and paint a mural on the “Spirit of the Green Olympics” at the Beijing campus of the China National Children’s Center.
by Yongfeng Feng on May 15, 2007 Since March, large numbers of visitors from China's national climbing team, the China Meteorological Bureau, and the China Space Technology group have flocked to Mount Everest's base camp to prepare for the delivery of the 2008 Olympic flame to the world’s highest peak.
by Ling Li on May 10, 2007 The future of the Chinese Sturgeon, a large migrating fish that has survived in the Yangtze River for nearly 140 million years, is increasingly threatened by pollution, damming, overfishing, and heavy boat traffic in the waterway.
by Ling Li on May 8, 2007 The Chinese government is encouraging new buildings and major users of heated water—such as hospitals, schools, restaurants, and swimming pools—to install water heaters powered by solar energy, according to a recent plan to promote nationwide use of the systems.
by Ling Li on May 3, 2007 China’s State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) unveiled a new transparency rule last month requiring all government environmental agencies and polluting companies to disclose important environmental information to the public. The rule will take effect in May 2008, along with a new regulation recently issued by the State Council to open up access to government information to ensure greater official transparency nationwide.
by Jianqiang Liu on May 1, 2007 China is home to three of the top ten “rivers at risk” worldwide, according to a report released in March by the conservation group WWF.
by Xiong Lei on April 26, 2007 In January, an official with the HIV/AIDS Prevention Committee of China's Gansu province announced a desire to find community partners to promote education on AIDS prevention. When asked why the group didn’t just work with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the official explained that grassroots groups were hard to find...
by Lila Buckley on April 24, 2007 Since its founding in 1949, modern China has implemented hydropower as a priority strategy for its rapid economic development. In a country where the history of hydraulic innovation dates back to the 590s BCE, China’s recent dams are a source of national pride and, according to the Chinese National Committee on Large Dams, “symbolize the further greater progress of dam construction in China.”
by Jianqiang Liu on April 19, 2007 Buildings account for nearly 30 percent of China’s energy use and are responsible for about a quarter of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to the latest assessment on China’s energy development.
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