Category Archives: Wildlife, Nature and the Environment

What sort of harmony should we support?

Posted on 2012-07-13 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. On July 3rd, citizens of Shifang, Sichuan, protested against a Molybdenum-copper project in their area, … Continue reading →

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Kunming to start monitoring air quality

Posted on 2012-06-13 by Allison Carol Goldman

The front-page headline in today’s Spring City Evening News: “Kunming will begin measuring PM 2.5.” PM stands for “particulate matter.” According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), particles pose a health risk if they are less than 10 micrometers in diameter … Continue reading →

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Xie Yan and the fight against bad conservation laws

Posted on 2012-05-17 by Hudson Lockett

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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Panic buying of water in Liuzhou – a report from the ground

Posted on 2012-01-28 by Ken Fletcher

BBC News — 26 January 2012: River pollution sparks panic water buying in China city Ken Fletcher is a British resident of Liuzhou in Guangxi Province where the panic buying is taking place. He sent this report to Danwei on January 27. … Continue reading →

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The uncertain return of Beijing wildlife

Posted on 2011-12-23 by Hudson Lockett

Outside a cafe in east Beijing, a small bird fluttered to the ground and hopped and pecked at the concrete. Beijing Bird Watching Society member Li Ming cracked a smile and said “Passer montanus.” A humble sparrow, which Li says … Continue reading →

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