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Globe's most expensive cities to live in for 2006 and 2007 including Hong Kong, China

A concise description of Panzhihua dam's of gangue, in Sichuan. Panzhihua stands among the country’s ten most polluted cities.

A nice intro to Dalian in general and finding work in 2nd Tier cities in particular. Have a niche and exploit it, 2nd tier cities are wanting.

Loose quote: "If you have skills in IT, business, communications, or something remotely related, you just may be qualified to join the ranks of former English teachers now gainfully employed in real jobs."

Reuters reports that Shanghai is considered among the world's most vulnerable urban areas to a rise in sea levels, all thanks to melting polar ice caps, the prevalent use of land subsistence in China's coastal cities and heavy construction of skyscrapers.

BEIJING, Aug 23 (Al'Reuters) - IBM, the world's biggest computer-services firm, said on Wednesday it could open four offices annually in second-tier Chinese cities in coming years to take advantage of robust growth and a deep talent pool.

A very interesting report entitled The Environmental Impacts of E-bikes in Chinese Cities put out by researchers at Berkley, Tsinghua, and UC Davis.

China's most livable cities from a Chinese point view expands on a recent survey by a Beijing based market survey company, combined with personal insight of the author's own experiences traveling through China.

Compared to last year housing prices were up 6.3% overall on a survey taken in September of 70 major Chinese cities.

However, prices were down almost ...

Yellow algae emerged in XiangJiang River in central China and affected water supply in at least two cities. Usually, the filtering ponds were washed every 24 to 36 hours. At present, they had to be washed each 2 hours in the most serious situation, said Yuan Cheng, ZhongHuan Water deputy general manger.