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China Enviromental News

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Force of nature

Jiangsu’s worst natural disaster in decades kills 98
Jul 1, 2016 (WiC 331)

The Chinese word for tornado is longjuanfeng – or literally, a dragon coil wind. Like many Chinese terms it is poetically accurate, conveying the destruction that twisters can bring. But that won’t be of any consolation to the ...

Health scandals at two schools might hasten first soil pollution law
Apr 29, 2016 (WiC 322)

Three years ago there was widespread concern at reports that over 120 brands of rice, the staple diet for much of southern China, were tainted by cadmium (see WiC195). Although troubling, the news was not without precedent. In 2011 Caixin ...

A tough problem to mask

Red alert in Beijing as Paris talks reach decisive moment
Dec 11, 2015 (WiC 307)

The ‘Mandate of Heaven’ is a Chinese concept about the right to rule that dates back many millennia. And worryingly for China’s current leadership when Beijingers looked towards those same heavens this month they didn’t see a lot: ...

Kicking the bottle

WiC talks with China Water Risk about China’s bottled water industry
Nov 6, 2015 (WiC 302)

The Jinmao Tower rises 420 metres into the air, forming part of the iconic skyline that overlooks the Bund from Shanghai’s Pudong district. The tower’s design was intended to convey prosperity: it has 88 floors and its blueprints are ...

In a hurry to bury

Netizens mock plan to turn explosion site into eco park
Sep 11, 2015 (WiC 295)

Communities blighted by industrial disasters normally have to wait decades for the government to put up a memorial. It took 40 years for the city of Minamata in southern Japan to get a sculpture and a museum dedicated to the thousands who died ...

The air of despair

Documentary shines new light on the misery of China’s smog
Mar 13, 2015 (WiC 273)

No one in China had seen anything like the TV series River Elegy. This politically-charged documentary was surprisingly produced by the state-run broadcaster CCTV. Even more unexpectedly, it was wildly popular. Aired in June 1988, ...

Moving the mountain

Why does Lanzhou want CNPC, its main taxpayer, out of the city?
Jan 30, 2015 (WiC 268)

Yu gong yi shan is one of China’s most famous parables and dates from more than 2,000 years ago. It tells the story of an old man who decides to move a mountain blocking the view from his house. When told he’s crazy, the man simply ...

China’s extensive seawall is taking a perilous toll on the coastal ecosystem
Dec 12, 2014 (WiC 264)

China’s longest wall is typically acclaimed as a “great” one. But there is another lengthy barrier that is winning fewer plaudits. A team of scientists says the country’s 11,000km-long network of coastal fortifications is causing ...

Other cities want to copy Beijing’s success and turn their skies ‘APEC Blue’
Nov 28, 2014 (WiC 262)

What does APEC stand for? In China it has come to mean “Air Pollution Eventually Controlled”. The recent summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Beijing brought about one of the longest pollution-free periods since the 2008 Olympics. For just ...

Turning off the tap

Guangdong’s new deal with Hong Kong comes at an awkward time
Oct 31, 2014 (WiC 258)

Water was once Hong Kong’s priciest import, owing to a chronic lack of it. The import bill peaked in 1929 when the territory suffered its worst drought – with only 90 millimetres of rain falling between January and April. The colonial ...

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