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The groundwater of 90% of Chinese cities is polluted

Posted on 2013-02-18 by Barry van Wyk

The holiday is over, and here’s some news to bring you right back to down to earth. Or even further down underneath the earth where its apparently pretty smelly. The front page of the Strait Times (海峡都市报) from Fujian province today reports that the … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong’s dirty little secret

Posted on 2011-09-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Kristie Hang and Benjamin Gottlieb recently wrote a story for CNN’s website about some members of Hong Kong’s underclass: Hong Kong’s poorest living in ‘coffin homes’ Hidden amid the multi-million dollar high-rise apartments and chic shopping malls of Hong Kong’s … Continue reading →

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Olympic Danwei

Posted on 2008-08-08 by Jeremy Goldkorn

New content on Danwei for the Olympics: video, media timeline,

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