Tag: China - Page 4
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China's Economic Growth Has Not Increased Happiness
A new study shows that despite rapid economic growth over the past 20 years, China's people have not become happier.
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US Proposes More Tariffs For Chinese Solar Power Modules
For companies that participated in the Dept of Commerce's investigation the preliminary tariffs are roughly 31%, and much higher for those that didn't.
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Developed-Developing Nation Split on Climate Obligations Needs Reevaluation
We need a new system to determine which nations ought to be forced to cut emissions, not the 20-year old outdated one we've got now.
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Ma Jun Takes on Technology, Apparel Industries and Chinese Government to Fight Factory Pollution
Though they have no regulatory authority, Jun and IPE have managed to get more than 500 companies to publicly disclose plans to reduce pollution, including some of the world's biggest brands—Wal-Mart, Nike, GE, Coca Cola, H&M, Sony, and Unilever.
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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Encages a Cactus in Latest Work
It's only a cactus and a crab but it carries a pot load of meaning.
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China & India Welcome Unregulated Asbestos: Russia & Other Nations Glad to Send It
Asbestos exposure in China and India is spiraling out of control.
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Watch How an iPad is Made at Foxconn (Video), New Report Delivers More Balanced View on Worker Conditions
American Public Media's Marketplace sent a reporter to the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China. He came back with a report and this exclusive video of an iPad being made.
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Giant Panda Sex Study: Male Surprises Scientists
Males and female pandas just aren't on the same sex schedule. A few days for girls compared to six months-plus for boys. Uh huh.
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Nearly 90% of Chinese 18-25 Year-Olds Want Brands to Cut Carbon Emissions
In the US and UK the numbers of people saying they're more likely to be loyal to brands cutting carbon approach 60%...
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World Wind Power Climbs to New Record in 2011
With its long list of attractive attributes—widespread and abundant, quick to scale, climate-benign, and zero fuel cost—wind power is driving the transition to a new energy economy.
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High-Speed Rail Line Collapses in China
Thankfully it was still under construction and it appears that no one was hurt. But this was luck that it collapsed at this point and not later when passenger trains were active...
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Planting Trees in the Mongolian Desert to Fight Dangerous Dust Storms in Seoul
Korean activists are spearheading efforts to plant trees in Mongolia, hoping to improve both the lives of nomadic desert herders there and the air quality their families are exposed to back home.
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US Now Has $1.6 Billion Solar Trade Deficit With China
In 2010 the US was a net exporter of solar power products, but the balance dramatically shifted last year. Solar manufacturers say unfair Chinese subsidies are to blame.
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EcoChic Design Award Challenges Chinese Fashion Designers to Face Local Problems
The sustainable fashion design competition is encouraging Asia’s emerging fashion designers to create mass-market clothing with minimal textile waste.
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Apple Lifts the Curtain on Chinese Labor and Environmental Manufacturing Practices
As transparency in China increases in the wake of Apple's reaction to the Foxconn scandal, what can we expect?
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Here's What's Wrong With Our Food, But We Can't Fix It By Eating Alone
From factory farming to excessive sprays to the emotion-based marketing of food, a new video nails the shortcomings of our food system. But it offers only partial solutions.
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Stunning Armour-Like Costumes Created From Ancient Chinese Ceramic Shards (Photos)
Chinese artist Li Xiaofeng recycles old Chinese ceramics into something else completely.
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Are Electric Cars Worse Than Gas Cars in China?
A recent study says so, but its conclusions need to be kept in context to make sense. Don't let anti-EV people distort them...
