23rd April 2010

The Lion Awakes 

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From 2008

China Daily

Ecology given priority in Yushu

YUSHU, Qinghai - The protection of the ecological environment will be given priority in the reconstruction of the earthquake-ravaged Yushu, which is the fountainhead for China's three major rivers - the Yangtze River, Yellow River and Lancang River, officials said.

"It (Yushu) is an important natural conservation area in China," Zhao Haoming, director of the Qinghai Environmental Protection Bureau, said at a press conference in the Yushu rescue and relief headquarters on Thursday.

Premier Wen urges development of renewable energy

BEIJING  - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Thursday called for more efforts to develop renewable energy in an effort to cope with rising domestic fuel demand and severe energy shortages.

"We must accelerate the development and use of renewable energies to ensure the country's energy security and better cope with climate change," Wen said at the first meeting of the National Energy Commission in Beijing.

Senior Chinese leader calls for fair, clean justice system

YAN'AN - Senior Chinese leader Zhou Yongkang Thursday urged the nation's judges to be impartial and clean in dispensing justice.

China's middle class under great pressure

A recent survey showed China's middle-class people are under great pressure and do not feel good about their health: 88.9 percent said they were or will be over fatigued, and 53.3 percent said they were not satisfied with their physical and mental conditions.

The survey, jointly conducted by the Beijing-based Xiaokang Magazine and Tsinghua University, said China's high housing price is swallowing middle-class people's fortune and causing great pressure that overtaxes their body.

Respondents of the survey were civil servants and white-collar workers in the city. They are mainly post 80s, 70s and 60s, with more than 80 percent of them having a monthly income of more than 3,000 yuan ($440).

Green NGO drives change at grass roots

How citizen groups are helping to clean up the countryside. Li Jing reports from Henan.
When Tian Guirong first read Silent Spring, Rachel Carson's seminal 1962 book that is credited with helping to launch the environmental movement, it changed her life.

She was so inspired by the American naturalist's courage to speak out about the human impact on ecology (Carson was harshly criticized at the time for her claims pesticides caused pollution), she knew she could make a real difference

Rachel Carson 

Caixin Online

Wrangling with the Wild Bulls

If China's banks are to avoid whiplash, unflinchingly tough action needs to be taken on raising interest rates and capital adequacy ratios

The Wall Street Journal    China RealTime Report

Jiang Zemin Slept Here

The pretty tourist town of Yangzhou in eastern China not far from Nanjing is an ancient Chinese capital famous for its rivers and lakes and for Marco Polo having once worked as an official there.

The Wall Street Journal

China Ramps Up Trade Tension

BEIJING — China's Commerce Ministry has finalized an antidumping ruling on certain types of nylon imports from four of its trading partners, hitting the U.S. with the highest duty for the material, which is used to make goods ranging from toothbrushes to gun frames to chiffon.

China Needs Weapons to Deter Nuclear Attack, Military Paper Says

SHANGHAI—China needs weapons capable of retaliating against any nuclear attack on the country, according to a commentary in the nation's main military newspaper that sought to explain the strategic thinking behind Beijing's push to modernize its atomic arsenal.

The Sydney Morning Herald

China goes on bubble watch
JOHN GARNAUT BEIJING

PLANS to prevent bubbles in China's economy are well under way, say commentators and analysts. Tough new policies to restrict real estate investment may also place a cap on commodity prices, which have continued to soar to new highs this week.

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