Beijing Boycott

Pete Smith @ February 14, 2008 # One Comment

Momentum is building to put pressure on China over its ‘involvement’ in Sudan. Stephen Spielberg has resigned as artistic director for the Beijing Olympic Games in protest at China’s support for the Sudan government. Now, an open letter, signed by Nobel Peace Prize winners, politicians, Olympic medalists and entertainers, criticises China’s President Hu Jintao for [...]

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Running On Empty

Pete Smith @ December 1, 2007 # 3 Comments

The Australian reports that China is running out of fuel.
(’Chinese tiger has nothing in tank‘).

Police are guarding petrol stations in several inland provinces to prevent fights, as shortages of petrol and diesel are causing huge queues of trucks, buses and cars.
In Kunming, capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, 1000 trucks are stranded.
A [...]

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Choking On Growth

Pete Smith @ November 26, 2007 # 3 Comments

Photo: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
The New York Times has been running a series of in-depth articles ‘Choking For Growth’, exploring the extent of the pollution crisis in China. In the latest instalment, ‘Far From Beijing’s Reach, Officials Bend Energy Rules’, Howard W. French shows how China’s campaign to cut energy use is having [...]

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China Punishes Twelve Heavy Polluters Under New ‘Green Credit’ Policy

Pete Smith @ November 16, 2007 # 3 Comments

Twelve Chinese companies reported for environmental violations have had crucial bank loans recalled, suspended or rejected. The first list of thirty offending companies was submitted to the People’s Bank of China and the China Banking Regulatory Commission by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) in July this year. China’s new ‘Green Credit’ policy is intended [...]

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‘Planet In Peril’: Review of Part 1

Pete Smith @ October 28, 2007 # 4 Comments

Presenters Billy Bragg and Mark Viduka show their emotional involvement in the issues
Well I’ve ploughed through the first part of CNN’s much-vaunted eco-documentary ‘Planet In Peril’, and I wasn’t that impressed. A series of episodes filmed around the world, loosely linked by a cobbled-together ‘theme’ of interlinked ecosystems under threat from human exploitation, it kicked [...]

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China’s Super Rich Targeted By Private Banking

Pete Smith @ March 21, 2007 # 6 Comments

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and the Bank of China (BOC) have opened their joint venture to provide private banking services to wealthy individuals in China. This is the first such service to be offered by a major Chinese bank, and is aimed at customers with at least $1m (£515k) of investible assets.
The [...]

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‘The Coffee House’ Censored In China

Pete Smith @ March 13, 2007 # 6 Comments

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addthis_title = ‘%26%238216%3BThe+Coffee+House%26%238217%3B+Censored+In+China’;
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