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Black cloud over China’s green growth
China making huge strides in using green energy but coal consumption continues to increase.
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‘Another 20 to 30 years’ of unhealthy air for China’s city dwellers
A haze expert has warned that despite recent moves to tighten controls on air pollution in urban China, dangerous smog will persist for decades.
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Villagers in Chinese land dispute plead for help
Chinese villagers have called on their government to intervene in a bloody land dispute that has claimed at least one life so far.
China uneasy over US-Australia troop deal
Beijing fears a policy of encirclement as US President Barack Obama announces plans to begin stationing 2 500 troops in northern Australia.
Chinese dams drown livelihoods
345 000 people are being relocated in a desperate bid to ease Beijing’s drought crisis by transfusing water from the Yangtze basin
Not even enough fuel for cremation
An estimated 10 000 people have died in Ishinomaki. <b>Jonathan Watts</b> finds a desperate effort to feed the living as the bodies pile up.
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China to tax heavy polluters
China is to impose an environmental tax on heavy polluters under an ambitious clean-up strategy being finalised in Beijing.
Power crunch brings home China’s dilemma
No TV. No internet. No air conditioning. Traffic lights off. Hospitals deprived of electricity.
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An old villain might just become the hero of the day
For the first time the government in Beijing has put a hefty value on its forest ecosystems.
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Collaboration is key
At the heart of many of the most successful Corporate Social Investment (CSI) initiatives is collaboration.
