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Hu Orders Officials To Ensure Water Safe After China Mining Disaster Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2006 
President Hu Jintao has ordered officials to ensure water supplies near a dam that burst in northern China are safe after the accident left 17 people missing and caused a toxic spill, state press said Thursday. "As we make efforts to find those missing, we must also place importance on water pollution after the dam burst and safeguard the drinking water supplies of people downstream," the Central Broadcast Station quoted Hu as saying.
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China, India Lead 15-Percent Rise In CO2 Emissions
United Nations (AFP) May 10, 2006Fast-growing China and India helped to drive up global greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent over 1992-2002, fuelling the effects of climate change, the World Bank said Tuesday. China Says River Clean After Thaw 
Beijing (AFP) May 09, 2006Melting ice has not caused a second wave of pollution in China's Songhua River following a major chemical leak last year, the nation's environmental watchdog said Monday. China's "Cancer Villages" Pay Heavy Price For Economic Progress 
Liukuaizhuang Village, China (AFP) May 09, 2006Sitting on his bed in his spartan house in one of China's so-called cancer villages, a 77-year-old retired cadre sheds tears as he speaks of the pollution he believes is killing him. |
China To Launch Satellites For Lunar Surveying
Beijing (XNA) May 09, 2006China will launch high-resolution satellites to conduct surveying and mapping of the moon in upcoming five years, the People's Daily reports on Saturday. China's Three Gorges Dam To Be Completed On May 20 
Beijing (AFP) May 09, 2006Construction of China's Three Gorges Dam, set to become the world's largest hydroelectric power project, will be completed nine months ahead of schedule on May 20, state media reported Monday. China Environmental Woes Threaten Social Stability
Beijing (AFP) May 05, 2006China's environmental woes are becoming an increasing threat to social stability, with over 50,000 disputes and protests related to pollution recorded last year, state press reported Thursday. |
China Water Project Costs Rise By 12.5 Billion Dollars
Beijing (AFP) May 05, 2006The cost of China's massive project to divert water from the south to its arid north has risen by a staggering 12.5 billion dollars due to a host of unexpected difficulties, state media said Thursday. Tibetan Glacier Melt Leading To Sandstorms In China 
Beijing (AFP) May 03, 2006Global warming is melting glaciers in China's Tibetan region at a rate of 7.0 percent annually, triggering drought, desertification and sandstorms in other regions, state press reported Tuesday. Pollution Slowly Choking North China's Largest Lake To Death 
Anxin, China (AFP) May 01, 2006When a slick of pollution in north China's biggest freshwater lake left fish farms decimated in early March, locals and environmentalists were little surprised. |
China Denies It Ignores Human Rights Abuses In Pursuit Of Oil
Beijing (AFP) Apr 27, 2006China rejected accusations Thursday that it ignored human rights abuses in countries such as Sudan as it searched for oil and other natural resources to fuel its rapidly growing economy. China Reports 18th Human Case Of Bird Flu 
Beijing (AFP) Apr 27, 2006China reported its 18th case of human bird flu Thursday, an eight-year-old girl in the southwestern province of Sichuan who is being treated at hospital. China Successfully Launches Remote Sensing Satellite 
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Apr 28, 2006China successfully launched a remote sensing satellite and put it into preset orbit Thursday morning, the first of a series of space launches planned by China this year. |
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