China Watch
by Ling Li on April 17, 2007 China’s Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the nation will expand its corn output to more than 150 million tons on some 26.8 million hectares of land in 2010, up from 144 million tons last year. The move is fueled by booming corn demand for livestock feed and industrial uses.
by Shan Sun on April 12, 2007 Two renowned Chinese biologists recently called on the central government to ban the consumption of endangered wild animals by government officials. Xu Zhihong, the president of Peking University, and Pan Wenshi, a professor at the university, recommended that the government enact laws to prohibit officials from eating rare or endangered wildlife items such as shark fin, abalone, giant salamander, and spotted deer, and that it evaluate all government representatives on their eating behavior.
by Yongfeng Feng on April 10, 2007 The global paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has advertised its slogan, “ecological plantations, environmental pulp, green paper,” everywhere around Hainan Province. It has also won over officials in this southern island province.
by Yongfeng Feng on April 5, 2007 On March 28, Greenpeace China announced its discovery that the paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has planted a large area of eucalyptus trees for pulp and paper making in Yingge Mountain Provincial Conservation Area, in southern China’s Hainan Province
by Ling Li on April 3, 2007 The recent closing of China’s first organic supermarket, the “O Store” in Shanghai, due to poor sales has dimmed the vision of eating organic among some Chinese consumers. Middle-class residents of big cities like Shanghai and Beijing are the group most likely to buy organic food, but many have expressed frustration over the higher prices.
by Ling Li on March 29, 2007 Northern China’s Shanxi Province, the country’s leading coal producer, has launched a pioneering fund to support more sustainable mining practices in the region. The money will be spent on tackling the environment degradation caused by local coal mining, on developing alternative industries in mining communities, and on improving mine safety...
by Jiaquan Wang on March 27, 2007 Seemingly a winner in the global balance of trade, China is in fact struggling against an undercurrent of imported waste. The country, already laden with domestic pollution, is rapidly becoming the planet’s largest garbage dump, facing a huge influx of foreign garbage.
by Ling Li on March 22, 2007 A recent European Union (EU) decision to phase out the use of incandescent light bulbs in its 27 member nations by 2009 has brought cheer to Chinese lighting manufacturers, who produce nearly 80 percent of the world’s supply of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), a more energy-efficient alternative.
by Xiaohua Sun on March 20, 2007 China is drafting its first law on creating a so-called “circular economy” to provide a legal framework for its national sustainable development strategy, the country’s top environmental legislator announced recently.
by Jianqiang Liu on March 15, 2007 A road between China’s western Yunnan Province and neighboring Burma will be re-opened to traffic following repairs over the next few months. It is part of the 1,600-kilometer Stilwell Road that linked China with India during World War II and is considered key to the development of a new “energy route” between the two countries.
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