CHINA: 25/50 of 58
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Air pollution reduces rainfall in China
Ecologist
1st September, 2009
Half a century of heavy industrial pollution in eastern China is reducing rainfall, increasing the risk of drought and threatening harvests. more...
Keeping CO2 emissions low in China
Ewan Kingston
6th August, 2009
Ewan journeys south through China, lapping up culture and language, but all the while aware that any train he boards is likely to be effectively coal powered. Coach is it, then... more...
Copenhagen success rests on cash and commitment
Ecologist
10th July, 2009
New research has revealed that a lack of finance and political commitment lie at the heart of the slow take-up of renewables, as a UK think tank calls for cash for low-carbon technology to be ringfenced more...
Extent of agricultural land-grab revealed on new website
Eifion Rees
22nd June, 2009
With rich, resource-poor nations increasingly outsourcing their food production to less developed nations, a new website aims to expose the extent of the agricultural land-grab epidemic more...
Draining paddy fields could cut methane from rice production
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Chinese scientists have discovered that draining rice paddies just once every growing season may help reduce global methane emissions from the industry by almost a third more...
Man's Industrial Progress
Phil Moore
25th September, 2008
One of Canada’s most well known photographers, Edward Burtynsky, has travelled the world documenting the link between nature and industry through his large-format photos of nature transformed through industry; the ‘manufactured landscapes’ of mines, dams, and factories. more...
Tree Thieves
Steve Kemper
7th August, 2008
The environmental disaster that put paid to China's intensive logging spawned an illegal trade in timber that risks global erosion. In their rush to feed the dragon, loggers on both sides of the law can't see the trees for the wood, says Steve Kemper more...
South China’s taste for wildlife
Walter Parham
2nd August, 2008
Consuming endangered wildlife is illegal in China, but it continues on a large scale in the country’s south. Walter Parham reports on a habit that locals just cannot kick – even after the SARS crisis.more...
The Unwinking Gaze
Laura Sevier
1st July, 2008
Although the Dalai Lama says he is 80 per cent monk and 20 per cent politician, the focus of this documentary is largely political. more...
Cancer-supporting nitrites - an all-too-familiar story
Oliver Tickell
9th June, 2008
Research from China suggests that even low levels of nitrites in drinking water can cause cancer. Why is the West ignoring the evidence? asks Oliver Tickell more...
Manufactured Landscapes
Laura Sevier
1st May, 2008
Ever wondered where computers go when they die? Or what the endless expanse of a Chinese factory floor actually looks like? This film is a meditation on the consumer world more...Up the Yangtze
Sam Geall
11th April, 2008
A moving cinematic tale of life on Asia’s longest river raises questions about ecology, development and China’s future more...
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Energy leapfrogging in China and India
Joanna Lewis
28th March, 2008
Two firms in the wind power sector illustrate how companies in the developing world can take advantage of increasing access to technological know-how, while staying within the bounds of intellectual property law, says Joanna Lewis. more...
When bad news is good news
Isabel Hilton
15th February, 2008
There were deaths, pollution and substandard goods, but last year’s slew of negativepublicity may have encouraged China to face up to its responsibilities, says Isabel Hilton more...
A Turning Point for China?
Tang Hao
24th January, 2008
The halting of a controversial petrochemical project in south China was a victory for people power, writes China Dialogue's Tang Hao. Now the country should consider the reforms it needs to enshrine public participation in law. more...
Chinese children suffering more birth defects
News
30th October, 2007
Nearly 40 per cent more Chinese children are being born with birth defects than in 2001, a new report by the World Health Organisation has shown. more...
Biofuels drive could cause more harm than good
News
8th October, 2007
China has announced a major drive towards the use of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel - just as another report pours more water on the idea that biofuels will end the energy crisis. more...
750,000 a year killed by Chinese pollution
News
3rd July, 2007
In a damning cover up the Chinese government has used its involvement in a World Bank report on the environment to conceal results that show around three quarters of a million people in the country die prematurely each year due to pollution. more...
China building 2 power stations a week
News
20th June, 2007
One of global warming's most famous statistics has now doubled. more...
Chinese environmental protesters take to the streets
Sam Geall
7th June, 2007
Protests of unprecedented scale have been taking place in China against rapid and deadly environmental destruction. A new youth movement is taking to the streets and demanding change. Sam Geall reports more...
'We're no role model', says Australian green group
News
27th April, 2007
'Don't make the same mistakes as us,' Australian think-tank the Mineral Policy Institue has warned China more...
Climate change: a matter of world security
News
17th April, 2007
Climate change has officially become a security issue today, as a debate on its implication for global conflict gets underway at the UN Security Council. more...
Dead as a dolphin?
Malcolm Tait
1st April, 2007
Another animal’s gone extinct. But this time it’s one of our most beloved creatures – a dolphin. Malcolm Tait reports on a species loss that is more than just another statistic more...
Taking account of China’s growth
Pan Yue
29th March, 2007
China boasts the fastest growing economy in the world. But how to calculate this development’s impact on natural resources, on public health and the environment? Pan Yue sets out the case for green GDP accounting more...
Carbon Trading Scam Exposed
news
18th January, 2007
Collusion between UK carbon trading firms and Chinese factories is allowing them to make big profits without any significant reduction in carbon emissions.more...
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