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izismile.com — Almost 1/3 of China is sinking in garbage. Local recycling plants can process only 50% of the domestic garbage. Ecology of many cities is under threat, because the mountains of trash grow by 4.8% per year. And if this situation doesn’t change in the nearest future, all Chinese landfills will disappear under the trash by 2015.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk — The towering inferno in Shanghai sends a shiver down my spine. As a recent and reluctant convert to high-rise living the thought of a fire taking hold in 30-storey the block where I live is one of my worst fears.

wallstreetpit.com — In a recent New York Times column Paul Krugman is “Taking on China” again. He argues that the Chinese dollar peg contributes to global imbalances, depressing US and world growth perspectives. Bashing China’s fixed exchange rate is also fashionable in academics. Bernanke blames China’s dollar peg for contributing to a “savings glut” that contributed to the US pre-crisis excesses.

www.zonaeuropa.com — This is the Jiutang School in Fukeng district, Zhongba town, Zijin county, Heyuan city, Guangdong province. It has seen 60 years of storms but the students are still learning under such appalling conditions. During the rainy season each year, the teachers and students live in fear. These conditions have existed for several decades.

www.chinasmack.com — In Wuhan, China, government officials spend 2 million RMB building the luxury public toilets. Chinese netizens say it is a waste and the money could be used for other more important things. Some ask if China is still a poor country.