China wants to use the Beijing Winter Olympics to showcase its green credentials but there are concerns over the environmental cost of a Games relying on artificial snow in one of the driest places in the country.
Environment
Jan 3, 2022
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An early-season snowstorm blanketed much of northern China including the capital Beijing, prompting highway closures and flight and train cancellations and delays.
Environment
Nov 8, 2021
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Highways and school playgrounds in Beijing were closed Friday due to heavy pollution, as China ramps up coal production and faces scrutiny of its environmental record at make-or-break international climate talks.
Environment
Nov 5, 2021
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Thailand has spiked Chinese-led plans to open up a key stretch of the Mekong river, in a rare victory for activists fighting to preserve Southeast Asia's most important waterway.
Environment
Feb 5, 2020
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Beijing's notoriously bad air quality has improved in recent years and the Chinese capital is expected to drop out of a list of 200 most polluted cities in the world this year, a data provider said Thursday.
Environment
Sep 12, 2019
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Chinese companies are willing to import more U.S. farm goods, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday, as envoys prepared to meet in Shanghai next week for talks aimed at ending a tariff war.
Economics & Business
Jul 25, 2019
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Apple is seen as a prime target for retaliation over US moves against the Chinese tech giant Huawei, but the roots planted by the company in China should help it weather the storm, analysts say.
Business
May 30, 2019
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As a standoff over Australian coal shipments through the northern Chinese port of Dalian continues, it underscores the extent of Australia's economic dependence on China.
Economics & Business
Mar 1, 2019
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Construction of a new airport in China's capital that promises to be one of the largest in the world is speeding toward completion.
Engineering
Mar 1, 2019
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The Chinese government will be reopening the nation's domestic rhino horn trade, overturning a ban that has stood since 1993. An outcry since the announcement has led to the postponement of the lifting of the ban, which currently ...
Ecology
Nov 22, 2018
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