New Dinosaur Species Found in China – China Environment

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.

Seven chemical company officials have been detained over industrial waste that polluted a river in China's Guangxi region, state media said.

Cadmium pollutants were detected in the Longjiang River on 15 January after tests were carried out on dead fish.

The level then was 80 times the official limit, regional environment protection official Feng Zhennian said.

The developers of the Xiaonanhai Dam on the upper Yangtze River have a problem. Their proposed hydro project encroaches on an important protected fish reserve. Constructing the dam would threaten some of China's most endangered fish species and violate numerous laws.

Walking down the street in China, one witnesses people going about their daily lives. Young women walk by in pretty, if sometimes slightly ridiculous, dresses and fashionable high heels, twenty somethings listen to MP3 players as they walk from one point to another, elderly men may have a radio playing as they chat with their friends and toss small wrappers to the ground.