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China's boom in new industrial facilities and plant modernisation projects means that the demand for clean water looks set to maintain its upward trajectory. An ultrafiltration (UF) system from inge watertechnologies AG is treating 65,000 m³ of water a day at the factory operated by Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. in the Chinese province of Guangdong....
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A new round of rain and floods battered central China, killing at least 35 people in Hubei and Hunan provinces, Xinhua reported. Torrential rains triggered floods and landslides that toppled homes and destroyed river embankments in Hubei’s city of Xianning, officials said. Rain along the middle and lower Yangtze River this week has helped alleviate...
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Chinese scientists at the Beijing Genomics Institute, the world’s largest DNA sequencing centre, identified E. coli spreading through Europe as “a new strain of bacteria that is highly infectious and toxic”, Reuters reported. The researchers – assisting scientists in Germany, where the outbreak...
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The Yangtze – Asia’s biggest river – is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years, forcing an unprecedented release of water from the Three Gorges reservoir, The Guardian reported. Between this week and June 10, the dam is to release five billion cubic metres of water as engineers sacrifice hydroelectric generation for irrigation, drinking...
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China’s Three Gorges dam faces “urgent problems”, The Guardian reported, citing a government statement. The state council, the cabinet, said the dam had pressing geological, human and ecological problems, and acknowledged for the first time the negative impact the dam has had on downstream river transport and water supplies. Although...
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The world must curb the soaring use of coal, copper and other resources to prevent consumption from reaching ruinous levels by 2050, Reuters quoted a UN report as saying – and China’s economy will be a test case. China “wants to continue its rapid economic growth but use resources more sustainably,” noted the UN Environment Programme....
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China’s population is rapidly becoming older and more urban, the first 2010 census data indicate. Some 49.7% of the country’s 1.34 billion people now live in cities, The Guardian said. As a proportion of the population, the number of people over age 60 rose by three percentage points to 13.3% since 2000, while those under 14 declined by...
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Gradually rising sea levels due to climate change have contributed to damage along China’s coast, Reuters reported, citing Chinese media. Xinhua quoted the State Oceanic Administration as saying the cumulative effect could “aggravate storm tides, coastal erosion, seawater invasion and other disasters”. An official...
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To secure a vital source of mineral resources, China is leasing huge land areas in Australia, The Guardian reported. No longer satisfied with buying iron ore and coal from Australian companies, China is developing its own operations. The boom in the energy-intensive sector sits uneasily, however, with Australian government...
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