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North Korean Envoy Visits Beijing Amid Concerns About US-Chinese Relations

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Choe Sang Hun - May. 22 (News) - North Korean Leader Sends Envoy to China

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When America Stops Importing Energy

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By IAN BREMMER - May. 22 (Opinion) - Op-Ed Contributor: When America Stops Importing Energy

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China Housing Bubble Cools, But Prices Still Higher

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Forbes - By Kenneth Rapoza, Contributor - May. 19 (News Analysis) - China's property market cooled a bit in April, but home prices are still on the rise, the National Bureau of Statistics said Saturday.

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World's tallest dam approved by Chinese environmental officials

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Jonathan Kaiman - May. 17 (News Report) - Authorities push forward plans for 314 metre-high dam on Dadu river which would affect rare plants and fish Chinese environmental authorities have approved construction plans for what could become the world's tallest dam, while acknowledging that the project would affect endangered plants and rare fish species. The 314 metre-high dam (1,030ft) will serve the Shuangjiangkou hydropower project along the Dadu river in south-western Sichuan province, according to China's state news agency, Xinhua. A subsidiary of Guodian Group, one of China's five major state-owned power companies, will complete the project over a decade at an estimated cost of £2.9bn. The dam will be far taller than the 185 metre-high Three Gorges dam along the Yangtze river – the world's most powerful hydroelectric project – and slightly edge out the current record holder, the 300 metre-high Nurek dam in Tajikistan . The world's second-tallest dam, the 292 metre-high Xiaowan dam on the Lancang (Mekong) river, is also ...

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'A Long Ride Toward a New China'

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Stephen Maing - May. 15 (Opinion) - Op-Docs: ‘A Long Ride Toward a New China’

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As China's social media takes off, Beijing's censorship campaign heats up

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - May. 15 (News Analysis) - A few well-regarded intellectuals known to be critical of the Communist Party have drawn millions of followers on China's ...

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China joins Arctic 'coldrush club'

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 15 (News Report) - Several countries gain permanent observer status on the Arctic Council but there is dissent over the EU.

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China's Evolving 'Core Interests'

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By The Editorial Board - May. 11 (Editorial) - Editorial: China’s Evolving ‘Core Interests’

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In China, Power Is Arrogant

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Yu Hua - May. 09 (Opinion) - Op-Ed Guest Columnist: In China, Power Is Arrogant

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A Grandson Visits China in Footsteps of Nixon

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Dan Levin - May. 04 (News) - The trip by Christopher Nixon Cox, 100 years after President Richard M. Nixon’s birth, was organized to lionize both the president’s and the Communist Party’s accomplishments.

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Plans to Harness Chinese River's Power Threaten a Region

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Andrew Jacobs - May. 04 (Editorial) - Plans to Harness China’s Nu River Threaten a Region

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Mind-boggling infographic shows why sharks should be way more scared of you

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Grist - By Jess Zimmerman - May. 02 (Special Report) - (see the graphic)

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China Is Plundering the Planet's Seas

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Atlantic Monthly - By - Gwynn Guilford - May. 01 (Special Report) - The average it told the UN Food and Agriculture Organization over the last decade was 368,000 tons each year. A recent European Parliament report puts that number at 4.6 million tons -- some 12.5 times more than what China reported

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China struggles to tap its shale gas

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Steven Mufson - May. 01 (News) - BEIJING — In a remote corner of Sichuan with lush, terraced hillsides, oil exploration teams have been scaling cliffs to lay seismic charges and struggling to move heavy equipment along winding mountain ...

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Pentagon Paying China — Yes, China — To Carry Data

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wired - By Noah Shachtman - Apr. 30 (News) - Pentagon Paying China — Yes, China — To Carry Data

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Something America and China Could Do Together

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Apr. 29 (Opinion) -

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China tests its borders again, this time in the mountains

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 24 (News Report) - India is alleging a Chinese border incursion in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, putting diplomatic pressure on an otherwise warming relationship between the two Asian giants. ...

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Over 189 dead in China earthquake: "We lost everything"

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - Apr. 21 (News Report) - Sitting near chunks of concrete, bricks and a ripped orange sofa, Luo Shiqiang told how his grandfather was just returning from feeding chickens when their house collapsed and crushed him to death in a powerful earthquake in southwestern China. "We lost everything in such a short time," the 20-year-old college student said. His cousin was injured in the collapse, but other family members were spared because they were working in the fields in hard-hit Longmen village in Lushan county.

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Something America and China Could Do Together

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Psychology Today - Apr. 21 (Opinion) - Confucius taught that a harmonious relationship is one in which both partners take care to protect each other’s dignity. To affirm dignity is to confirm belonging and grant a voice in decision-making while disallowing exclusion, paternalism, and coercion

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Burn our planet or face financial meltdown. Not much of a choice

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Will Hutton - Apr. 21 (Opinion) - Last week's collapse of a European carbon emissions scheme makes an agreed approach to climate change all the more urgent The world is going to fry – unless there is change soon. There is weakening political will to make national and international targets for carbon reduction stick, no strong business and financial coalition prepared to lead and a weakening groundswell of public opinion prepared to foot the bill. Instead, the international consensus of 25 years ago – that the world must act to challenge climate change – is dissolving. Individual countries are trying to steal a march on each other in a race to the bottom, dropping whatever scant penalties there have been for burning fossil fuels. This new political geography has been obvious ever since the Copenhagen talks collapsed in 2009 , but last week the speed with which ground is being lost became sickeningly obvious. The European parliament refused to back a stop-gap measure to save the European carbon emissions trading scheme. ...

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Carbon bubble will plunge the world into another financial crisis

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Damian Carrington - Apr. 19 (Opinion) - Trillions of dollars at risk as stock markets inflate value of fossil fuels that may have to remain buried forever, experts warn The world could be heading for a major economic crisis as stock markets inflate an investment bubble in fossil fuels to the tune of trillions of dollars, according to leading economists. "The financial crisis has shown what happens when risks accumulate unnoticed," said Lord (Nicholas) Stern, a professor at the London School of Economics. He said the risk was "very big indeed" and that almost all investors and regulators were failing to address it. The so-called " carbon bubble " is the result of an over-valuation of oil, coal and gas reserves held by fossil fuel companies. According to a report published on Friday, at least two-thirds of these reserves will have to remain underground if the world is to meet existing internationally agreed targets to avoid the threshold for "dangerous" climate change. If the agreements hold , these reserves will be in effect ...

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China Bans Media from Quoting Foreign News

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Abby - Apr. 18 (Opinion) - China's media authority announced new regulations banning news outlets and other organizations from reporting on foreign news coverage without permission less than a day after The New York Times won a Pulitzer Prize for its report on the hidden wealth of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's family.

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Opinionator: Are the Good Jobs Gone?

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By THOMAS B. EDSALL - Apr. 18 (Opinion) - Opinionator: Are the Good Jobs Gone?

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Basketball Giant Keeps Pressing China on Rhinos and Ivory

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By ANDREW C. REVKIN - Apr. 17 (Opinion) - Dot Earth Blog: Basketball Giant Keeps Pressing China on Rhinos and Ivory

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China's bird flu death toll rises to 16, government warns of spread

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - Apr. 17 (News Report) - China's bird flu death toll rises to 16, government warns of spread

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