China
China Wants to Keep 'Kingdom of Bicycles' Status
More Chinese are buying cars, but the government urges them to keep on cycling.
The Double-Edged Sword Of Coal In China
Coal usage is transforming China into an industrial nation at an alarming cost to both the Chinese people and the world. A new coal plant built using antiquated technology goes up almost weekly. [View the video, "China's Dark Cloud".]
Chinese Government Publishes Review Of Recent Environmental Policies
The State Council Information Office publishes a white paper entitled "Environmental Protection in China (1996-2005)", which "gives a systematic introduction to the unremitting efforts made...in environmental protection over the past ten years."
China takes measures to curb soaring housing prices
Aggressive steps were taken by China to restrain soaring housing prices and discourage real estate speculation.
Comparing Growth In China And India
The Financial Times presents an interesting comparative analysis of growth policies and past trends in China and India and comments on their future impacts.
China's Housing Headed For Serious Deflation?
An astronomical vacancy rate and prices that are far from affordable have prompted government action.
China's Looming Talent Problem
As the country's economy booms, the number of prospective college- and graduate school-educated employees has not kept up.
Land Use Efficiency And Farmland Preservation In China
China is land poor. Only about one-third of its total land area can be utilized productively for agriculture. Several measures have been introduced with the aim of protecting farmland, especially farmland with the greatest production potential.
China's First LEED-certified Building
Beijing's new 'green' ministry of science building is China's first to pass the stringent, globally-recognized LEED certification.
China Attempts To Reduce Population, Consumption
First there was the "one-child" rule. Now China attempts to do to consumption what it did to population growth -- stem it, in this case by raising the "consumption tax".
Chongqing: The Biggest City You've Never Heard Of
There has been little to equal the speed and extent of the development of the Chinese city of Chongqing, which is growing so rapidly, a population equivalent to that of Luxembourg is added each year.
China's Housing Boom Fizzles
Home sales have come to a near standstill in Shanghai, whose 20 million residents account for two percent of China's population, but 20 percent of the country's property value.
China's 'New Socialist Countryside'
The Chinese government looks to develop rural infrastructure, but what about the political voice of millions of countryside peasants?
China's Non-Existent Eminent Domain Protections
A rise of new money and power groups in China has widened the gap between rich and poor, urban and rural.
Shanghai To Add Extensive Bus-Only Lanes
Plans for 300 kilometers of the public transit lanes would be complete by 2010, easing congestion in the daily seven million passenger load.
Cities Reveal Shifts In China, Japan
Development in Shanghai and Osaka over the past decade shows one region growing fast, the other stuck in the mud.
China Strengthens Environmental Protection Enforcement
China announces new rules aimed at enforcing environmental protection.
China's Motor City
The son of Hitler's architect has been hired to design the 300,000-person 'Detroit of the East' in Changchun.
China Admits Rapid Development Threatens Environment
China's chemical plants threaten its famous rivers which flow through major population centers.
China Hires U.K. Firm To Build Eco-Cities
China has hired a British engineering firm to design and build several self-sustaining cities.
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