Hard to see the problem: Beijing's water authorities have defended their plan to ease the capital's water shortage by processing seawater from the highly polluted Bohai Gulf, a mainland newspaper reported. The capital's municipal government has announced a project to build a desalination plan in...
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Chinese workers making shoes for American manufacturers are on strike: More than 30,000 staff at the Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) factory in Dongguan city have been striking for several days.
The World Health Organization released a report yesterday showing that 7 million people died in 2012 from air pollution. This was 1 out of every 8 global deaths and twice.
I'm sure that dumping more chemicals in the air is the answer to the problem of Chinese smog: Government agencies are to test a new design of aerial drone to see whether it might help tackle the air pollution that often blankets much of the...
While we all know of the environmental disaster that is China and the huge problems the Chinese government has had in managing that pollution, especially given the emphasis it places.
Some of us like doughnuts on Sunday mornings. Others like the new doughnut shaped skyscraper in Guangzhou.
Glad to see workers in China fighting back against their conditions of work at Foxconn. Of course, I'm sure that the computer industry will move the factory to Vietnam or Cambodia. After all, given the lack of profits made by Apple and Foxconn, there's no...
The apparel industry's terrible toll upon working-class Asians becomes more apparent everyday: "Distressed” jeans are designed to make that wear-and-tear look seem oh-so-effortless, but it can be the result of.
Interesting story here: On June 25, Chinese officials were confronted with what appears to be the first public legal challenge arising from the Snowden affair. Xie Yanyi, a Beijing-based human.
What a wonderful image of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense force in action! Note the sinking PLAN carrier Liaoning in the background. Obviously there's been some sort of dreadful accident-- apparently near the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands-- and the Hyuga is rendering desperately needed assistance to the...
Back from Kansas City, but still running behind... this is last week's Diplomat column, on the differences between summiting in the Cold War and in the Era of Sino-American Ambivalence:.
In this week's Diplomat column I concern troll China: Nevertheless, it is not clear why China has determined to assertively pursue both of these disputes at the same time. Historically,.