Tag Archives: conservation

A thousand miles in search of the finless porpoise

It is well-known that the Chinese river dolphin, also known as the Baiji, is functionally extinct, in other words: as good as gone forever. The freshwater finless porpoise (江豚), on the other hand, which like the Baiji also lives in China’s Yangtze … Continue reading

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Xie Yan and the fight against bad conservation laws

When ecologist Xie Yan heard about the Natural Heritage Conservation Act, she knew she had to kill it. So she wrote a letter. The open letter, posted on February 5 to Xie’s blog, became the focus of a story the … Continue reading

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Schools disagree on how best to cover a book

It’s the start of a new semester and the debate over book covers is in the news once again.

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Danwei Picks: 2007-12-21

SCMP gets bought out, Washington Monthly looks at Yangtze River water use, and Southern Weekly goes behind the scenes of the PX public hearings.

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Water? I’ll need to see some ID.

Some opinion pieces on water conservation in Beijing.

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FoxConn and newspaper kiss and make up

News roundup. Foxconn and China Business News apologize, Yu Hua’s novel reviewed by New York Times, and book publishers are doing well in China.

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