China Environment - Archived

journal.probeinternational.org — 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.

www.npr.org — From the story (with audio): On the way to school, my kids and I play a guessing game: How polluted is the air today? We use an app linked to the air pollution monitor at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and we try to guess the day's exact level on the Air Quality Index, and whether the air is dangerous. These days, chances are that it could well be.

www.chinadaily.com.cn — The last remaining Siberian tigers living wild in Northeast China could disappear within decades, as poaching and illegal logging continue to take their toll, experts have warned.
Research by Chinese authorities and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has discovered that the animal is already one of the planet's most endangered species.

sinalunya.com — The Spanish Minister of Environment, and Rural and Marine Environments, Mrs. Rosa Aguilar, has held a meeting with the Chinese Vice Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Hu Siyi, with whom she has signed an agreement to reinforce cooperation between China and Spain on water-related issues.

www.notesfromxian.com — 10/10. In that greyish space in the top left of the picture you should be able to see three of the tallest buildings in the ming de men area. Not today. 11/10. That was yesterday. My zest for life took another battering this morning after waking to the sound of a good old-fashioned downpour adding itself to the already incomprehensibly gloomy mix. "Yes, we can."

newsbusters.org — 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.

www.greenpeace.org — About a week and a half ago I submitted a story about Greenpeace finding all sorts of terrible chemicals on fruit and veg in some big Chinese supermarkets. In this follow up, they're taking the chains to court.

wanderingamericantravelblog.wordpress.com — After centuries of irresponsible use, China's drylands are giving way to the Gobi Desert which is advancing deeper into China every year.

www.plosone.org — The short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx exhibits resource defence polygyny and one sexually active male often roosts with groups of females in tents made from leaves. Female bats often lick their mate's penis during dorsoventral copulation. The female lowers her head to lick the shaft or the base of the male's penis but does not lick the glans penis which has already penetrated the vagina.

news.xinhuanet.com — China said that Israeli settlement is the major obstacle for the resumption of Palestine-Israel peace talks.