Here's the thing, right? There are two clear underlying causes to all the major problems on earth. The first is overpopulation. Overpopulation means that there are too many people chasing after too many resources - energy, water, land etc. which...
Comment is free: Can China go green? Dongtan is to be built on Chongming island in the Yangtze river delta, over an area three-quarters of the size of Manhattan island - 86 square kilometres. It has been commissioned by the...
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China hit by rising air pollution Last week, the Associated Press news agency reported that researchers on the west coast of the US were monitoring the impact of pollution from China. The report said that...
Grotesque factual errors aside (3.2billion in China's cities by next year, anyone?), Tristram Hunt in Comment is Free correctly draws the comparison between modern urban China and Dickensian Britain. The only difference is that there's no Dickens calling for reform....
About time too. But is this big spend on tackling China's environmental problems too little too late? The environmental degradation in China is phenomenal. I'll never forget the taste of chemicals on my tongue after I gave up smoking; the...
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