China buys up African rhinos ‘to farm for horn’ – China Environment

China and Southeast Asian nations agreed on Wednesday on a "milestone document", a preliminary set of guidelines to resolve disputes in the South China Sea, and vowed to cooperate in marine environmental protection and safety of navigation.

What do you think would happen if Chrysler would license its Jeep brand to a beer? It appears as if Chrysler did just that in China. I assume there is no such license, but appearances are everything. The beer is marketed by the “Hubei Jeep Brewery Corporation.” Distributors who sell more than 60,000 liters are eligible to win a free green Jeep.

The cost for China's thermal power plants to meet new emissions standards could be up to US$17 billion per year, a tall order for power companies that are already losing money.

Ten years ago, when I lived in Beijing, air-conditioning was a rare luxury. On a visit there this month, I saw air-conditioners blasting even in rural restaurants. If hundreds of millions people in China and India expect to be cooled to our frigid standard of 71.6 degrees all the time, the environmental impact might be far less comfortable.