Abstract：Recent contamination and counterfeit scandals have escalated safety concerns over Chinas fragmented bottled water industry. In April 2014, officials in Lanzhou, a city of three million people in western Chinas Gansu province, advised residents not to dr
Abstract：Protests have left waste incinerators sitting idle and rubbish piling up in Chinese cities. Can new pollution standards fix the problem? On July 1, tough new standards for pollution from waste incinerators came into effect. The move is an attempt to en
Abstract：When Zhang Junweis uncle died in February 2012, he was only 50. In the three years that he had endured the cancer that killed him, surgeons had removed both his rectum and his bladder. "Perhaps he was better off dead", said Zhang, reflecting on
Abstract：When the wheat harvest on the North China Plain comes to an end, farmers pull lighters from their pockets and set fire to mounds of leftover stalks. Smoke plumes from millions of acres of burning farmland billow toward the cities of central China… Source:
Abstract：Beijing is leading the way in using smart-city technologies to make urban farming more viable. For almost all its history, China has been a predominantly rural society. While in Europe the number of people living in cities surpassed those in the countrysi
Abstract：As green energy in Germany grows, carbon emissions are increasing rather than decreasing. From the hay field behind his house, Gunter Jurischka points out the solar panels glittering from the towns rooftops and the towering wind turbines spinning lazily o
Abstract：Findings from World Bank appear to put to rest claims that the world could not afford to act on climate change. Fighting climate change would help grow the world economy, according to the World Bank, adding up to $2.6tn (£1.5tn) a year to global GDP
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