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Air pollution policy making and social media in Beijing, 2011-2013

Posted on 2014-04-24 by Johan van de Ven

This article is by Johan van de Ven, whose undergraduate dissertation at Oxford University examined the effects of factors such as environmental movements, diplomacy and social media on air pollution policy-making in China. In a study conducted from June to … Continue reading →

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Five floating dead black swans join China’s animal apocalypse

Posted on 2013-03-27 by Barry van Wyk

At the north-eastern corner of Anhui University’s old campus in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, there’s a scenic pond that’s inhabited by a bevy of black swans. The swans have been there for more than a decade already, and were … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Black Dragon River (a.k.a the Stinking Sewer)

Posted on 2013-02-25 by Barry van Wyk

There is a little stretch of river in the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province where black water meets an endless stream of human filth. The place apparently doesn’t have a name, but some online commentators have referred to it … Continue reading →

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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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“A city besieged” with pollution, but life goes on

Posted on 2013-01-14 by Barry van Wyk

The main theme on the front pages of China’s newspapers today is the record levels of pollution that convulsed China over the weekend and into this week. The front page of the Henan Business Times (河南商报) today displays the smog horizon over the city … Continue reading →

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Why is the air quality in Ningbo so bad? A government official explains

Posted on 2012-11-22 by Barry van Wyk

Pollution in Ningbo has apparently been very bad of late, with ubiquitous fog, occasional dust storms and a gloomy dusk hanging over the city like a “layer of cotton yarn”. So the local Modern Express (现代快报) from Zhejiang province decided to try … Continue reading →

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Ningbo will ‘resolutely not have the PX project’

Posted on 2012-10-29 by Barry van Wyk

Unmentioned in almost every other newspaper in the country, but right in the middle of the front page of the Ningbo Daily (宁波日报) today is a brief announcement: Ningbo will resolutely not have the PX project. After protests all of last week against an expansion project … 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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Blue skies over Beijing

Posted on 2010-11-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Blue skies return to the capital after a week of smog and soupy air.

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“China is taking the climate change issue seriously and cautiously”

Posted on 2009-10-02 by Alice Xin Liu

Zou Xi (邹曦), a reporter at the Beijing Science & Technology Report (北京科技报), speaks to Danwei about science and the environment.

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