Posted on October 10, 2007 by Cha Shao Bao
Theme: threats
Military:
China Announces Gains in Air Defense
The blanket of China’s air defense radar now almost matches similar networks in developed countries, state media reported today, in an announcement that coincided with Taiwan’s first National Day military parade in 16 years.
Taiwan Plans Missiles Able to Hit China
Faced with a threatening military buildup by China, an [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2007 by Cha Shao Bao
Two articles from the Washington Post:
On the environment:
In China, a Green Awakening
For almost three decades, the city had welcomed some of the world’s biggest polluters. Churning out paper, photographic film, dye, fertilizer, cement and other products for the global marketplace, the businesses helped make Wuxi into one of China’s wealthiest industrial cities. They also poisoned [...]
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Posted on August 8, 2007 by Cha Shao Bao
Over the last two months, Beijing’s air quality has been abysmal. I suppose this doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s lived in Beijing for a serious amount of time. Still, before spending my second summer in the city, I expected the government to have made some progress on the air quality so that [...]
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