Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
As we mentioned a few days ago, China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) posted an article on the Ministry website making a strong case for more open information as the way to attack pollution before it leads to accidents like those we...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Curbing Pollution
Let's say information about factory emissions of toxic metals was readily available to the public in Hunan and Shaanxi provinces. Would more than 1,600 children still have been poisoned by lead or cadmium recently? Or would local citizens instead have had the...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
In recent weeks, Chinese media has been awash in news about pollution accidents or other incidents around China. Here is an overview: Lead poisoning in Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province: more than 600 children were found to have lead poisoning (see here and here also) [Update:...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
It is not often one gets the chance to see a criminal trial in China, particularly one with national attention. We had that chance last week. Here is a bit about what we saw. A little background first: Last June, Yangzonghai Lake,...continued→
