Post Tagged with: "china"

From Solar Panel Manufacturer To Solar Panel User: China Is Getting Greener

April 30, 2013 6:28 AM0 comments
From Solar Panel Manufacturer To Solar Panel User: China Is Getting Greener

In recent years, China has been blasted for its failure to instate solar energy systems at an appropriate rate.  It was easy for watch groups to condemn the nation since, after all, it has been the leading manufacturer of solar panels and other solar devices.  The logic of the criticism [...]

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Vows To Tackle Pollution

March 19, 2013 7:57 PM0 comments
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This year, we’ve covered quite a bit on China’s pollution problem and the importance of tackling it as soon as possible. Long story short (okay, maybe not so short): China’s air pollution levels broke records this year and reached dangerous levels. So much so that the Chinese media has taken a [...]

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China’s Forests Threatened By Disposable Chopstick Demand

March 12, 2013 6:36 PM1 comment
China’s Forests Threatened By Disposable Chopstick Demand

It’s no surprise that the demand for disposable chopstick in China would be high, but what is surprising is the toll this demand is taking on the country’s forests. According to recent reports, the demand has increased by 30 billion over the past few years, and in turn, is posing [...]

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Chinese ‘Cancer Villages’ Generates TCM ‘Cancer Protocols’

March 11, 2013 9:40 PM0 comments
Chinese ‘Cancer Villages’ Generates TCM ‘Cancer Protocols’

Finally, there could be some hope for the documented 400 or more Chinese ‘cancer villages’ scattered through-out their country; as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is heroically called upon to generate from its deep knowledge base, practical and workable, life sustaining and cancer-curing protocols for its sick and dying people! The [...]

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Toxic Time Bomb: Chinese ‘Cancer Villages’

March 1, 2013 8:48 PM0 comments
Toxic Time Bomb: Chinese ‘Cancer Villages’

Alarming headlines from around the World are sharing the toxic tragedy regarding the current ticking time bomb within China; now, that they are officially admitting to clusters of ‘cancer villages’ scattered within their highly contaminated borders. Do we really dare open this Pandora’s Box of Pollution? The official statement by [...]

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Super Cities of Today and Tomorrow: An Urban Forecast

February 19, 2013 7:27 PM0 comments
Super Cities of Today and Tomorrow: An Urban Forecast

A metropolis is a large densely populated urban area that has a significant economic, political and cultural function to its inhabiting country or region. A city’s population has to exceed 1 million inhabitants to even be considered a metropolis in today’s context. Another term has been coined to describe cities [...]

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Qoros Cross Hybrid Concept Premiering at Geneva Motor Show

February 18, 2013 8:37 PM0 comments
Qoros Cross Hybrid Concept Premiering at Geneva Motor Show

Chinese venture Qoros Automotive has been deliberate about testing its first generation of vehicles. The firm owned by Chery Automobile and Israel Corporation has placed the Qoros 3 Sedan through two years of road tests throughout the world. A slow but steady approach to vehicle development will yield results starting [...]

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China set to light the way for solar future

February 11, 2013 8:07 PM0 comments
China set to light the way for solar future

While everyone else is busy promoting LED-based lighting, China focused on renewable energy by pouring in funding for its debt-ridden solar companies. As the world’s biggest coal consumer, China has been beset with calls from various sectors to reform its energy consumption policies. Over the years, the clamour has become [...]

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China burns as much coal as the rest of the world combined, data shows

January 31, 2013 6:40 PM1 comment
China burns as much coal as the rest of the world combined, data shows

According to Time Magazine, China is burning as much coal as the rest of the world is cumulatively burning. What’s the problem with this? Time reports: “Coal already accounts for 20% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, making it one of the biggest causes of man-made climate change. Combine that with the direct damage that air pollution from [...]

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Canned Air: Retailing in China

January 30, 2013 6:42 PM0 comments
Canned Air: Retailing in China

Remember the film The Lorax? Where the all supreme entrepreneur-turned-millionaire-turned-mayor sold canned air? I remember watching that and chuckling to myself at the the thought of someone making a profit off of clean air, but as it would turn out, I chuckled too soon. Amidst China’s pollution crisis, Chinese millionaire and [...]

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