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• 06.04.08 Living in China: Shanghai’s noise pollution worsens as air, water quality improves
  
  "Water and air quality improved in Shanghai last year, but noise pollution was worse, the city's Environment Protection Administration said. Water quality in the Huangpu River showed signs of improvement for the first time in five years, the administration said in an annual report before Thursday's World Environment Day, according to the Oriental Morning Post. Road noise on Shanghai streets hit an average of 71.9 dB during the day while it dropped to 65.9 dB at night, failing to meet last year's target, the report said..."  read on
  
  posted in transportation, living, shanghai, china, environment
• 05.13.08 Wenchuan Earthquake: China races against time as death toll nears 10,000
  
  "Rescuers are racing against time to reach survivors a day after the strongest quake that hit China in more than three decades jolted the southwestern province of Sichuan. The country was immersed in immense grief as the death toll rose to nearly 10,000. China's English-language newspaper China Daily silhouetted the front page in black to mourn the victims. The headline reads: "The Day the Earth Moved." Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who flew to Sichuan Monday evening, urged "calm, confidence and courage" in face of the catastrophe. Wenchuan County, the epicenter of the earthquake at western Sichuan province, has reported 57 confirmed deaths, and about 60,000 locals were still out of reach..."  read on
  
  posted in population, disaster, transportation, china, economics, environment
• 04.05.08 China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: 15 million private cars on chinese roads
  
  "According to the China's National Bureau of Statistics report -- 2007 national economic and social development statistical communique -- China's total number of privately-owned vehicles increased 32.5% to 15.22 million. The communique points out that by the end of 2007, the total number of civilian vehicles reached 56.97 million (including 14.68 million three-wheel motor vehicles and low-speed vehicles): a growth of 14.3% over the previous year. Among them, 35.34 million are private cars: an increase of 20.8%. There are 19.58 million civilian cars, an increase of 26.7%, 15.22 million of which are private cars."  read on
  
  posted in automobile, transportation, market, industry, china, consumer behavior, trends, wealth
• 02.15.08 107 dead, $15.4 billion lost due to snow in China
  
  "The blizzards that struck southern China in the past month have killed at least 107 people and left eight missing, as of February 12/2007, reported a senior Chinese official recently. The disaster has also caused direct economic losses of about 111 billion yuan ($15.4 billion), Civil Affairs Minister Li Xueju said: 21 provincial-level areas had been affected, with Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang and Sichuan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region the worst hit..."  read on
  
  posted in hunan, disaster, transportation, health, china, living, environment
• 02.04.08 Disaster prevails as relief effort beefed up
  
  "Weather conditions in southern China will remain severe and relief work difficult, Chinese leaders warned yesterday as the country battles with the worst snowfalls in decades. The warning came after a meeting chaired by Chinese President Hu Jintao to study the relief effort. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has just concluded his second visit in a week to central Hunan Province, the region worst hit."  read on
  
  posted in transportation, population, hunan, disaster, living, energy, economics, natural resources, china, agriculture, environment
• 02.02.08 Millions stranded by the snow in holiday havoc
  
  "Heavy white storms staged a comeback late yesterday as China's transport network remained crippled by the heaviest snowfall in five decades. Millions of people trying to head home for the Spring Festival are stranded. The big freeze has killed dozens of people, impacted on the lives of at least 80 million others and caused economic losses estimated at more than 53.8 billion yuan (US$7.5 billion)..."  read on
  
  posted in travelling, living, transportation, changsha, hunan, beijing, china, media, economics, wealth, natural resources, environment

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