Environmental
Pollution and Health
Air
pollution in China hurts foreign firms' recruitment, Want China Times
More foreign companies operating in China have
encountered difficulties in hiring senior executives to post to the country due
to the severe problems with air pollution.
China’s
Poisonous Waterways, NY Times
Over the past few years, trips back to my
home village, Huaihua Di, on the Lanxi River in Hunan Province, have been
clouded by news of deaths — deaths of people I knew well. Some were still
young, only in their 30s or 40s.
How
does environmental pollution influences supply chain model
Could
'fresh canned air' business work in China?, Want China Times
The question on whether China should manufacture bottles of oxygen as
part of a tourism scheme was raised after China 's president, Xi Jinping,
raised the suggestion during the annual meeting of the National People's
Congress session in early March in remarks on tackling the country's air
pollution woes.
Wealthy
fleeing from China's smoggy cities, Want China Times
A number of China 's wealthy have decided to
emigrate overseas or move to smaller cities, spurred by the country's worsening
environmental conditions.
... Los Angeles Times in Beijing Investment
in overseas agriculture soars as the world's most populous country sees its own
farmland threatened by development and pollution China sets its…
Room
for China to hike water rates, says World Bank, the Australian
Ongoing
Problems on Coal
The export port projects are vital to the
future of Big Coal in the United
States . Coal is being displaced by
natural gas as a fuel of choice for utilities. Aging plants must be
fitted with new emission controls. The industry is looking to exports — specifically
to China
— to keep it in business.
Grain,
Poultry and Food Security
Tougher Requirements for Live Pigs Comes
Amid Concerns Over a Fatal Swine Virus
China
facing bigger dietary health crisis than the US, China Dialogue
Dietary shifts to meats, sugar and oils are
creating a health and environment crisis that Chinese officials ignore, says
Barry Popkin, coordinator of the China Health and Nutrition Survey
Ammonia pollution from agricultural sources
poses larger health costs than previously estimated, according to NASA-funded
research.
COFCO
joins WA grain dots, YahooNews
Chinese heavyweight COFCO is weighing up
options in WA as part of a global spending spree in the grains industry.
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