China Watch
by Ling Li on December 28, 2006 The international expedition that recently declared the Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, “functionally extinct” has called the disappearance of the species “a loss not only for China, but for the entire world.”
by Xiaohua Sun on December 27, 2006 China’s current wind power pricing mechanism, based on a public bidding scheme, needs to be changed to a feed-in-tariff system, experts at Beijing conference on wind power pricing concluded earlier this month. They believe this will help protect investors’ enthusiasm and profit in developing renewable energy.
by Lila Buckley on December 19, 2006 As nations struggle to agree on post-2012 approaches to global warming, China has come under scrutiny for being the world’s second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases yet not having any mandatory emissions reduction scheme in place. Critics argue that after the so-called “carbon trading mechanisms” under the Kyoto Protocol expire in 2012, rapidly developing countries like China and India should be required to comply with mandatory emissions caps.
by Lila Buckley on December 14, 2006 China’s rapid economic development over the past two decades has occurred mostly along the eastern seaboard, leaving much of the country’s vast western territory badly impoverished and underserved. This unequal distribution of wealth is spurring the largest migration in human history as millions of poverty-stricken westerners head to cities to claim their share of the pie.
by Lei Xiong on December 12, 2006 While enjoying an impressive increase in meat consumption from 13.4 kilograms per person in 1980 to 53 kilograms in 2004, China is also experiencing the negative impacts of this “livestock revolution,” according to agronomists. When the country introduced livestock factory farms in the late 1970s to meet the rising demand for meat, milk, and eggs, few policymakers foresaw the “serious environmental consequences” of this intensive production system.
by Ling Li on December 12, 2006 In November, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in cooperation with China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges under the Ministry of Commerce, initiated a four-year project on “Green Poverty Reduction in China.”
by Yun Feng on December 7, 2006 The government of Ganzi Prefecture in China’s Sichuan Province recently announced the cancellation of a local hydroelectric project, signaling the first success by Chinese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in jointly resisting a state-sponsored dam.
by Jianqiang Liu on December 5, 2006 Over the last three years, the Chinese government has punished 33 multinational corporations for violating the nation’s environmental laws and regulations, according to Ma Jun, director of the nongovernmental Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs.
by Ling Li on November 30, 2006 China’s Ministry of Finance and the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) have announced that starting in 2007, the nation’s central and provincial governments will prioritize their purchasing of environmentally friendly products and services.
by Yan Zhan on November 28, 2006 The water in Zhao Bo’s village on the outskirts of Beijing was a sickly shade of green. After drinking from the local well, Zhao and his fellow villagers could not go a month without suffering from diarrhea. The contamination was believed to originate from a zinc-plating plant established...
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