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Driving Green in China Towards a New Generation of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Toyota, ZAP and Honda Bring Environmentally Friendly Cars to China

www.China-AsiaStocks.com, an investor and industry portal focused on the China-Asia sector, spotlights China as it plays a key role in the future success of electric and hybrid vehicles. As the number of cars is expected to grow significantly in China, eco-friendly choices are a must as China battles massive environmental and air quality concerns.

[Zola] reports that he is home safe in Changsha after being detained in Shenyang, interrogated, made to write detailed reports on everybody he met and everything since arriving in Shenyang to blog about the Yilishen "ant-farmer" protests, had his ID confiscated, punched around the head and neck.

Property deed tax will decline to 1% from 1.5% for people buying their first home if it is smaller than 90 sq m (970 sq ft). Regardless of the size, the down payment requirement will be lowered to 20% from 30%, and banks will be allowed to charge as little as 70% of benchmark lending rates for such mortgages. It also removed the 0.05% stamp tax and land value-added tax for home purchases.

For all those who are only interested in touring/visiting China, make sure to check out the natural scenery while it is still beautiful. The BBC ran an article last week entitled “Wild times in changing China” that talks about the natural treasures of China’s environment. However, with the rural migration to the cities, it seems like rice paddies may get wiped out and greater industrialization will jeopardize the environment.

This new type of street lamp can generate electrical power by means of wind and solar energy panel at the same time. In addition, it can store energy day and night. The green street lamps also apply to wider areas and their life is much longer than the ordinary street lamps. This will reduce pollutant emission, which means they are good for environmental protection.

The bird, clearly used to getting his own way when looking for dinner, headed confidently into the shoal of fish in Changsha, in China's Hunan Province. But the colourful carp took exception to the intruder and fought back, bunching together into a seething mass to assert their authority. The duck quickly surrendered and fled the scene, doubtless still feeling peckish.

Shanghai has a growing population, heavily polluted air, dirty water, and power shortages. But just a short ferry ride away is a wild-life preserve that will soon become its first green city.

Here is a post from the Free Hao Wu site. Though a little late (posted July 12th), it's not to be missed. A wonderful ending to what looked for a long time to be a horrible tragedy. Welcome home Hao! Truely HAO HAO!

Zhuhai is unexpectely green, dotted with parks and palm trees. I once took the No.2 bus from Xiangzhou (香洲) area to Gongbei (拱北), where the border crossing between Macau and Zhuhai is, and passed, surprisingly, four parks on the way.