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gigaom.com — China is either the greatest opportunity or the greatest threat that the U.S. green technology industry has ever faced, depending on who you've been listening to lately. But for entrepreneurs and investors intimately involved in China's green leap forward, the truth is somewhere in between those two extremes.

www.zerohedge.com — A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha has completed a 15-story hotel in just six days. The work crew erected the hotel -- a soundproofed, thermal-insulated structure reportedly built to withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake -- with all prefabricated materials. (Video is from Youtube, so you'll need a vpn.)

edition.cnn.com — In Qingdao city on the eastern coast of China, Tsingtao beer is the pride of the people. [...]What many do not know is that the Tsingtao Brewery Group was recently accused of violating environmental standards. It is just one of 20 companies named on a "polluters' blacklist," including major companies such as Hitachi, Philips and China's most popular instant noodle maker, Master Kong.

globalvoicesonline.org — [A]lthough China produces 2 billion square meters in new construction annually, these new buildings have a maximum lifespan of only 30 years. The lack of longevity in Chinese construction has led to the accumulation of billions of tons of construction refuse, China Youth reports.

www.myhealthbeijing.com — I had no idea China has organic food, but apparently it does. This post helps you learn the labels...."Organic labeling can be very confusing; packages have a lot of different green, round stickers. What do they all mean?"