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- "Energy-efficient” buildings? Not always
- August 12, 2008 New climate-controlled edifices in China are promoted as eco-friendly and desirable. But, writes Li Taige, researchers in Beijing have found that high-tech can mean high energy use and no fresh air. http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single ...
- Bird Flu Flap: Did It Jump From Son to Dad?
- 2008-04-30 17:09 Caijing Magazine http://english.caijing.com.cn/20080430/59003.shtml Health officials are debating whether person-to-person transmission of the deadly bird flu virus has occurred in China. But even if it hasn't yet, it may someday. By staff reporter Li Hujun ...
- Cancer's Dark Cloak Spreads Over China
- 07-11 16:20 Caijing Magazine http://www.caijing.com.cn/20080711/74197.shtml China is paying more attention to cancer prevention and rural spending, but smoking and pollution inflict a heavy toll. By staff reporter Li Hujun This has been a year for funerals -- and ...
- In China, the death of a mountain town
- July 03, 2008 Landslides and mudslides in the Beichuan region added to the high death toll in Mays earthquake. Now, writes Taige Li, familiar warnings are being heard. Will historic errors be repeated? The most shocking of the many tragedies of the Sichuan earthqua ...
- Is GM the answer to the food crisis?
- As the price of food soars, countries are looking to the biotechnology industry to help increase harvests. But can genetic modification really increase yields? Taige Li investigates and finds further research is needed. As global food prices continue to soar, biotechnology firms and advocates ...
- Zipingpu Dam Upstream of Chengdu Secured
- 05-19 12:18 Caijing Magazine All odds stacked against, the Chengdu dam has been relieved of rising pressure. By staff reporter Li Hujun Experts announced May 18 that the Zipingpu dam upstream of Chengdu is functionally intact, removing concerns that a breach could deluge n ...
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Discord Over China's Cord Blood Storage
- International experts and China's policymakers say public facilities can best handle demand for umbilical cord blood. So why have private blood banks profited? By staff writers Zhao Hejuan and Li Hujun It probably never crossed the mind of Shanghai ...
- Crisis at Poyang Lake
- Dam projects, pollution and climate change threaten the future of Chinas largest freshwater lake. China s last remaining expanse of clean water, Poyang Lake , faces a crisis. Not only is the lake drying up, but the little water left behind is polluted. Once know ...
- China & India: hard choices in a divided world
- Climate change will have a disastrous impact on the world's poor, says a UN report. As key climate talks in Bali draw near, how should India and China approach an increasingly divided world? The World Toilet Summit was held in New Delhi on October 31, read a text message sen ...
- What Bali means for China
- China played a critical negotiating role in the fraught UN climate summit in Bali. Its next challenge is to satisfy the demands of the world's media. The UN climate summit in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2007 will probably be best remembered for the executive secretary, Yvo de Boer, dramat ...
