China Environment

China's Middle Class Rises Up In Environmental Protest, Uses Twitter To Organize

Telegraph | Malcolm Moore in Shanghai | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green


More than 1,000 people took to the streets in a district of Guangzhou to protest against the building of a rubbish incinerator near their homes. The ...

China: Spirituality Or Materialism?

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living


Arthur Rosenfeld

Stripped of their cultural heritage by the brutality of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese seem to be in a headlong rush to what they think they want and need--the material excess of the West.

Counting on China's Burgeoning Green Technology Marketplace

Joseph Meuse | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business


Joseph Meuse

A bumper crop of Chinese companies have emerged to address the country's significant environmental hazards accrued from their multi-decade role as the "world's largest factory."

China Accepts First Environment Lawsuit Against Government

AP | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green


BEIJING — A court in southwest China has accepted the country's first lawsuit filed by an environmental group against a local government, a memb...

China Wants Top US Technology In Climate Bargain

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green


BONN, Germany — China wants the United States to deliver top of the line technology as part of a new global warming agreement, the chief U.S. cl...

China Says Its Economic Stimulus Won't Hurt Environment

AP | HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green


BEIJING — China said Friday it will strictly monitor the government's economic stimulus package for projects that cause pollution, addressing wo...

China Poised To Take On Role Of Global Trendsetter

nytimes.com | KEITH BRADSHER | Posted 05.21.2009 | World


SHANGHAI -- After a century in which American tastes largely set the course of the global automotive market, China is poised to increasingly take on t...