The food for the Olympics were not imported from New Zealand because the World Health Organization declared that New Zealand is the most POLLUTED country in the world and no athelets at the Beijing Olympics wanted anything from New Zealand. In fact, the 2012 will ban any food from New Zealand as well.
DHARAMSHALA September 20: Four Tibetan labourers have been injured after Chinese mining officials opened fire on them over a wage payment clash on Saturday in Tibetan area of Chatreng in Kardze, a newly arrived Tibetan told the Voice of Tibet radio.
As of Sunday, Beijing has enjoyed 274 days of "blue sky" in 2011, fulfilling its annual target ahead of schedule, an official with Beijing's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau said Sunday.
Beijing has seen an overall decline in the concentration of various pollutants in 2011, said Zhuang Zhidong, deputy director of the bureau.
The PM10, or particular matter under 10 micrometers, decreased to 114 microgrammes per cubic meter this year, the lowest in four years, according to the bureau.
The overall air quality of Beijing was better than last year, with 22 more days of grade I air quality than were recorded in 2010, Zhuang said.
Beijing uses a five-grade classification of air quality on the basis of pollution indices, with grade I being the best and grade V the worst. Days with grade I or II air quality are considered "blue sky days."
However, Beijing also experienced several days of poor air quality as a result of bad weather conditions. Factors such as weaker winds and a rise in humidity are unsuitable for the dispersal of atmospheric pollutants, according to the bureau.
The bureau has been keeping a close watch on construction sites and coal-fired boilers in order to reduce emissions of pollutants since the city began supplying heat in mid-November.
China currently uses PM10, or particular matter under 10 micrometers, to measure air quality, but the public has urged government authorities to apply the tighter PM2.5 standard, which measures finer matter that is considered more hazardous to people's health as it can go deeper into the lungs.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection said it has been considering revising present standards, and a new index standard which includes the measuring of PM2.5 and ozone density is scheduled to be fully implemented nationwide in 2016 with pilot projects conducted in certain regions ahead of the national deadline.
Zhuang said the Beijing Environment Monitoring Center has started making preparations for the monitoring of PM2.5, including purchasing relevant monitoring equipments, setting up monitoring posts and training staff.
Energy conservation and environmental protection is a long-term strategy as well as an urgent practical option for China, said Vice-Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday, two days ahead of the climate change summit in Durban, South Africa.
Two days before the climate summit in South Africa, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang speaks on Saturday at the sixth China-Japan forum on energy-saving and environment protection in Beijing.
The global economic scenario has become more complicated, Li said. The possibility for a long-term downturn has expanded and the process of global economic recovery may see more twists and turns.
"To maintain robust growth, it's a necessity to innovate the mode of development and nurture new driving forces," Li said at the sixth China-Japan forum on energy-saving and environment protection in Beijing on Saturday.
Energy-saving and environmental protection is in line with China's economic development transition.
Without structural adjustment and transformation, it's unlikely to maintain sustainable economic growth and a robust momentum of economic development, Li said.
China will further improve the quality of its economic growth by promoting energy efficiency and energy saving, reducing consumption and pollution, improving environmental protection, he said.
China is committed to improving "the quality of economic growth", and with this as a prerequisite, to maintain the economy with a long-term, steady and relatively fast growth.
Countries are rethinking and exploring future driving forces in economic growth amid the worsening economy, while promoting green economy has seen common consensus among countries, Li said.
Promoting energy conservation and environmental protection, as well as merging it into all sectors of society, is a strategic task, as well as a practical urgent option for China, he said.
Energy conservation and environmental protection will be a key "breakthrough point" for China's economic transformation and is beneficial to forming new driving forces.
Zhang Jianping, senior researcher at the Institute for International Economic Research under the National Development and Reform Commission, said the increasing eurozone debt crisis and financial turmoil had posed greater pressure to China's economic transition.
"It's become more urgent for China to highlight innovation and reduce its reliance on exports as all of its major trading partners are facing bleak economic outlooks," Zhang said.
Energy conservation and environmental protection are among the seven strategic emerging industries in advancing China's economic development.
China has huge potential in the energy-saving and environmental protection market, offering many opportunities for both domestic and international companies.
The output value of China's energy conservation and environmental protection is estimated to be 4.5 trillion yuan ($709 billion) by end 2015.
China emphasizes both mitigation and adaptation in addressing climate change, synergizing industrial structure and energy structure adjustment, in its efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions effectively, Zhang said.
China will extensively expand international cooperation in this area to strengthen abilities in tackling climate change, under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities", he said.
China emphasizes both mitigation and adaptation in addressing climate change, synergizing industrial structure and energy structure adjustment, in its efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions effectively, Zhang said.
China will extensively expand international cooperation in this area to strengthen abilities in tackling climate change, under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities", he said.
Fifty-one projects related to energy-saving and environmental protection were signed between China and Japan during the forum, which was attended by about 1,000 officials and entrepreneurs from China and Japan.
Edano Yukio, Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry minister said it is crucial to further the strategic and mutually beneficial relationship.
The nuclear energy crisis, spawned by a massive earthquake and tsunami in March, caused power shortages in Japan and also pushed the government to make stern determinations in energy conservation, he said.
Japan is willing to share technology and experiences with countries facing energy constraints and environmental problems, Yukio said.
"China's market advantage and Japan's technology complement each other. Much can be done in this area," said Li. China also pledged to strengthen efforts in intellectual property protection to create a healthy environment for technology cooperation. Cooperation in energy and environment has become crucial in bilateral trade.
China is Japan's biggest trading partner. Japan is China's fourth trading partner and the third largest investor. Bilateral trade increased 17.7 percent year on year to $281 billion in the first 10 months this year.
The experimental zone, which covers 21 counties in four Tibetan autonomous prefectures as well as a township in Golmud in Qinghai province, is expected to explore a mechanism for the ecological development and environment protection, according to the State Council executive meeting presided by Premier Wen Jiabao.
The Sanjiangyuan region, with an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters, is the source of three rivers - the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Lancang River.
The green cover in the experimental zone is set to be increased by 15 to 20 percent by the end of 2015 and 25 to 30 percent by 2020, according to the draft of the experimental zone.
The protection and restoration of the vegetations in the zone will be emphasized, and the balance between the grass fields and the number of livestock will be monitored and adjusted according to the ecological condition, said the draft.
Construction of infrastructure in the zone will be strengthened with an eye on ecological protection to improve the life quality of the local people, according to the draft.
The source lakes had experienced shrinking as a result of environmental damage caused by human activities and overgrazing by animals since late 20th century.
Measures were taken to prevent soil erosion, artificially increase rainfall, forbid overgrazing and move herding families out of the region. About 50,000 people have been moved out in the past six years, according to official data.
global warming is not probably the primary cause of depleting lakes. China builds hundreds of dams that are affecting many regions of Asia. It's a huge crisis! Research states that water could be the cause of major conflict there in the near future!
A total of 5.5 million yuan (860,000 U.S. dollars) will be channelled from the central government in two years to protect 8,667 hectares of wetlands around the lake in southwestern Qinghai Province on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, said He Yubang, director of the Qinghai Lake National Reserve Administration.
The administration has signed an agreement with three counties which own the wetland, asking them to ban grazing in the area in order to restore the ecological environment there, said He.
Qinghai Lake, a saltwater lake at more than 3,200 meters above sea level, boasts a water area of 4,232 sq km. Considered sacred by Tibetans, it is home to 189 species of birds and a crucial barrier against the encroachment of the desert from the west.
China in 2008 embarked on a 10-year investment plan to use 1.57 billion yuan to protect the lake's environment, vowing to restore the beauty of the lake by protecting its wetlands, planting more trees, reverting pasture to grassland and controlling desertification.
China warned the United States on Monday of a trade war if Congress passes a bill pressuring Beijing to appreciate the yuan. The warning came a day before US lawmakers are set to vote on the bill.
Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai reiterated Beijing's opposition to the bill and said that it will hamper global economic recovery and further hurt US jobs growth.
"Should the proposed legislation be made into law, the result would be a trade war between China and the US and that would be a lose-lose situation for both sides," Cui said at a news briefing.
The bill is likely to pass with bipartisan support in the Senate, before being sent to the House of Representatives.
The bill would require the US Department of Commerce to estimate what they claim to be currency under-valuations when calculating duties imposed on imports deemed to be State-subsidized.
"(The currency bill) in no way represents the reality of the economic and trade relationship" between the two leading economies, said Cui, who currently heads the China delegation for G20 negotiations.
"Of course it would be detrimental to the development of economic ties and might have an adverse impact on bilateral relations.
"If this type of situation occurs, it would certainly have negative effects on US economic and job growth," he said. "At the same time, it would hinder global economic recovery."
The legislation, if passed in the Senate, still faces an uncertain future in the House of Representatives.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner has signaled that the legislation will die.
"It's dangerous. You could start a trade war. And a trade war, given the economic uncertainty here and all around the world - it's just very dangerous, and we should not be engaged in this," Boehner said last Thursday.
China's central bank and the ministries of commerce and foreign affairs last week jointly warned that the proposed currency law could lead to a trade war between the two countries.
Some US politicians claim that China holds down the value of its currency to give its exporters an edge. But Beijing says it is committed to gradual reform of the yuan, which has risen 30 percent against the greenback since 2005.
The yuan hit a fresh high against the US dollar late on Monday, up 0.6 percent from 6.3859 on Sept 30 to 6.3486. China's financial markets were closed for National Day holidays last week.
It represents the highest closing level since the country unified the official and market exchange rates at the end of 1993, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.
It is also the biggest daily increase since China loosened the yuan's peg to the dollar on July 21, 2005.
The Wall Street Journal carried an article on Oct 7 which quoted a Boston Consulting Group study, saying that due to rising labor and raw material costs in China, "the jobs that some US politicians want to bring home may already be trickling back to the US".
The study calculates that production that returns to the US from China could add 800,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector, and up to 3 million altogether if service-sector support jobs are included, according to the article.
Wang Haifeng, a senior researcher with the Foreign Economic Research Institute, a think tank for the National Development and Reform Commission, told China Daily that the currency bill may damage the US more than China, because trade friction will reduce imports from China.
"The passage of this bill will surely spark a trade war and US consumers would be the final victims," Wang said.
Whether this currency issue will have long-term effects on the Sino-US trade relationship depends on how quick the US economy recovers, he added.
The US imposing sanctions on China would violate international trade rules, said Cao Fengqi, director of the Finance and Securities Research Center at Peking University.
"The US should not blame China for its trade deficit and high unemployment," he said.
"The bill will be unfavorable for Chinese exports. China may also take retaliatory measures, including raising tariffs on imports from the US," Cao said. However, he believed the bill has little chance of passing in the House.
Economist Robert Mundell, winner of the Nobel Prize, said that US legislation to press China to raise the value of the yuan would be a "disaster".
"This is not going to help Americans," Mundell said on Sept 27 in a Bloomberg Television interview. "This is not going to create jobs for Americans. It's just going to create a disaster.
"This would have a wounding effect on the stability of international relations. There's never been any precedent in economic history where a country, through any legal system, was forced to appreciate its currency relative to another country."
Also at the news briefing, Cui said China will once again raise the issue of US arms sales to Taiwan at a high-level meeting in Beijing on Tuesday.
The meeting will be co-hosted by Cui and US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.
Cui reiterated that US arms sales to Taiwan seriously undermine China's core interests. The US said last month that it would sell $5.85 billion in military hardware to the island.
Some nightmares don't fade with time. Liu Jianjun, a truck driver from Hebei province, still drives apprehensively on the Beijing-Tibet highway - hoping to never again endure the hellacious,
unprecedented traffic jam that occurred on July 17, where Liu found himself ensnarled with 20,000 other vehicles in Zhuozi county, Inner Mongolia. In 40 hours - nearly two days - Liu's truck crawled only 100 kilometers.
The majority of the trucks trapped in the extreme gridlock were there for the same reason - to transport coal.
Coal has tipped the scales of the Chinese economy and in turn raised the living standards for millions. Coal accounts for about 70 percent of China's energy mix, 30 percentage points higher than the world average.
Such heavy reliance on coal to boost the economy has led to serious pollution and ecological damage, severely hampering China's sustainable development.
As a way out, China has resolved to develop non-fossil renewable energies over the next five years.
It plans to increase consumption of non-fossil energies by 210 million tonnes of coal equivalent during the 2011-2015 period. This will make the total non-fossil energy consumption reach 470 million tonnes of coal equivalent by 2015, 11.5 percent of the total energy consumption in China, says Xu Dingming, counselor on the State Council. The target includes, of coal equivalent, 280 million tonnes hydropower,
90 million tonnes nuclear power, and 100 million tonnes of other renewable energies, such as wind power, solar power, and biomass energy.
Xu says China is planning to increase hydropower installed capacity to 260 million kilowatts by the end of 2015. Thus China's annual hydropower output will reach 910 billion kilowatt hours by 2015. To this end, China will construct eight 10-million-kilowatt hydropower bases in west China.
But hydropower projects are double-edged swords, imperiling local ecological environments in the course of generating clean energy.
Yao Cucheng, a 42-year-old farmer, has a long face these days. Yao has been devoted to artificial propagation of Schizothorax prenanti, an endangered species of fish, in Shennongjia, Hubei province, for six years.
Yao has managed to raise 100,000 fish in a pond by directing water, algae and aquatic organisms from the Guchong River in the forest zone. He plans to expand the stock of fish to 500,000 next year.
But the good time will end soon. Upstream, a hydropower station is planned, and that means the river will soon be dammed and cut off.
Shennongjia, a biodiversity protection demonstration area of Asia,
has seen small hydropower stations built since the 1970s. The hydropower plants, with 300MW total installed capacity, have essentially supplied enough cheap power for lighting and fuel to local residents, who subsequently no longer need to chop down trees for fuel.
But the blocked up rivers have created a survival crisis for aquatic flora and fauna in the region, where 4,700 varieties of animals and plants live in and along 317 rivers, including 35 species of wild fish.
But the blocked up rivers have created a survival crisis for aquatic flora and fauna in the region, where 4,700 varieties of animals and plants live in and along 317 rivers, including 35 species of wild fish. Zhang Guobao, former head of the National Energy Bureau, says China should develop hydropower on the condition of protecting ecological environments.
But the blocked up rivers have created a survival crisis for aquatic flora and fauna in the region, where 4,700 varieties of animals and plants live in and along 317 rivers, including 35 species of wild fish.Zhang Guobao, former head of the National Energy Bureau, says China should develop hydropower on the condition of protecting ecological environments.
Wind power, the trendy energy alternative, has developed vigorously over the past five years. In 2010, China replaced the United States as the nation with the largest installed capacity.
Zhang says the grid-connected wind power installed capacity is designed to hit 100 million kilowatts and annual electricity output by wind power will reach 190 billion kilowatts hours by the end of 2015.
China also plans to increase the installed capacity of the solar photovoltaic system to 9 million kilowatts by the end of 2015 and expand the application of solar energy water heaters to 400 million square meters by the end of 2015.
In addition, China intends to raise biomass energy installed capacity to 13 million kilowatts by 2015 from the 5.5 million kilowatts generated at the end of 2010 -- an average annual growth rate of 18.77 percent.
China will also raise geothermal power installed capacity to 100,000 kw by 2015, and build one or two 10,000-kilowatt tidal power stations and 50,000-kilowatt ocean power plants before end of 2015.
Zhang says that to support renewable energy generation, China will extend subsidy policies for renewable energy products and encourage direct trading between renewable energy generators and power consumers.
The 2015 target consists of 3.82 billion tonnes of raw coal (2.61 billion tonnes of standard coal), 500 million tonnes of oil (710 million tonnes of standard coal), and 230 billion cubic meters of natural gas (310 million tonnes of standard coal).
Coal will weigh 63.6 percent of total primary energy consumption by 2015, down 7.3 percentage points from that of 2010.
The 2015 target consists of 3.82 billion tonnes of raw coal (2.61 billion tonnes of standard coal), 500 million tonnes of oil (710 million tonnes of standard coal), and 230 billion cubic meters of natural gas (310 million tonnes of standard coal).
Coal will weigh 63.6 percent of total primary energy consumption by 2015, down 7.3 percentage points from that of 2010.
To save energy and reduce emissions, China will go on eliminating outdated small thermal power generating units.
In the past five years, China has shut down thousands of outdated small thermal power generating units, totaling 72GW. It equals the total installed power generating capacity of Britain. The measure saves 81 million tonnes of raw coal and reduces emissions of 160 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
China remains in the demonstration phase of developing modern coal chemical projects, since it lacks experiences in massive commercial running of the facilities. Except for encouraging expansion projects in coal-to-gas (CTG) and coal-to-alcohol ether, China will strictly control the scale of coal-to-liquid (CTL) projects, especially direct CTL projects.
Industry officials propose China use more natural gas to break away from excessive reliance on coal.
Natural gas, cleaner and more efficient, accounts for about 4 percent of China's primary energy consumption. The percentage is about one sixth of the world's average. China could boost the use of natural gas, as it is rich in reserves and less expensive.
Using more natural gas will also help alleviate China's rising dependence on imported oil, which threatens China's energy security.
In the first five months of the year, China's dependence on imported oil rose 55.2 percent, up from 55 percent in 2010, and 33 percent in 2009, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Industry officials expect China's dependence on imported oil will jump to 60 percent by 2020 and 65 percent by 2030.
The Chinese government will invest 2 trillion yuan ($313 billion) in the area of green economy and low-carbon development in the next five years, cutting 16 percent of per-unit GDP energy consumption compared to 2010, a senior official from China's top economic planner said on Saturday.
"During the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period (2011-15), the Chinese government will boost low-carbon development from 10 perspectives," Xie Zhenhua, vice minister of National Development and Reform Commission, said at the Second China (Binhai Tianjin) International Eco-City Forum.
Promoting circular economy projects, establishing 100 demonstration bases for resource comprehensive utilization and launching low-carbon pilot programs in five provinces and eight cities are all methods China will use, Xie said.
In recent years, the Chinese government has issued and put in place a series of policies encouraging low-carbon development.
During the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period (2006-10), energy consumption per-unit GDP had decreased by 19.1 percent. And carbon dioxide emission was cut by around 1.5 billion tons.
By the end of 2015, per-unit-GDP energy consumption of China will drop by 16 percent over 2010, and the average input-output ratio for resources is expected to jump by 15 percent, Xie stressed.
It is estimated that an additional 1.7 billion people will move into cities in developing Asia and Africa countries in the next three decades.
The success of Chinese cities, especially Tianjin, in low-carbon development and eco-city planning, will provide valuable experiences for counterparts in developing countries, according to Lasse Gustavsson, executive director, conservation of World Wildlife Fund International.
"For boosting low-carbon development, Tianjin Binhai New Area allocates 200 million yuan every year to encourage all kinds projects that improve energy saving and emission reduction," said He Lifeng, party secretary of Tianjin Binhai New Area.
China's reform of its healthcare system has put it on the right path, Health Minister Chen Zhu told the Harvard America-China Health Summit in Boston on Wednesday.
The plan has lowered medical expenses for Chinese patients and has made healthcare more accessible, affordable and equitable, Chen said.
As part of the plan, the government has spent at least 850 billion yuan ($133.2 billion) to improve the healthcare system between 2009 and 2011, which had lowered the cost of essential medicines by at least 30 percent.
Chen also said the wide gap between health services in rural and urban areas is slowly closing and government subsidies for subscribers to the new rural medical plan are 10 times higher than subsidies in 2003.
China's reform of its healthcare system, dubbed "Healthy China 2020", began three years ago and aims to provide universal national health service.
"Healthy China 2020 is a crucial period of time for China's healthcare reform, a transition of many aspects of China's economy and society," Chen said.
In the last decade the government's share of total health expenditures has increased from 16 percent to 29 percent.
"This indicates the continuing government investment into health," Chen said. "I'm confident that over time, health equity will be met in China."
The inaugural summit, organized by the China Initiative of the Harvard School of Public Health, seeks to examine health reforms in China and the United States through dialogue between Chinese and American health policymakers, experts and leaders. About 600 people participated in the two-day event.
Like China, the US recently embarked on healthcare reform to provide medical coverage for an additional 32 million Americans by 2014.
The US may be the world's biggest healthcare spender, but it wants to learn from the Chinese experience, said Sherry Glied with the US Department of Health and Human Services.
The US and China have much to learn from one another's experiences and challenges, she said.
The summit takes place at a timely moment in global health, said Julio Frenk, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health and head of the Harvard School of Public Health China Initiative.
"Both China and the US are embarking on major health reform. China's health reform is one of the most observed in the world. We are at this historical moment where the world is searching for ways to finance healthcare and to combat diseases and malnutrition," Frenk said.
"China is a nation of complex problems but it also has great energy for innovation. This is probably the health reform that will not only benefit China but the rest of the world," Frenk said.
Jorge Dominguez, vice-provost for international affairs at Harvard University, said the summit is important for sustaining ties between Harvard and China.
"More than 200 Harvard faculty members told us they are having a significant collaboration or partnership with China," Dominguez said.
Sadly China and many places in the World are being over run with pollution.
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Yet large countries have plenty of $ for
1. Putting a man on the Moon or Mars
2. Invasions and other aggressive behaviour
3. Supporting undemocratic Regimes in Fiji or China (by renting Pandas from China's Regime)
4. Sporting events which create carbon emissions. Flying horses around the world to the Olympics and the Olympic flame seem to be an environmental disaster and sadly show the world is heading to oblivion.
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@HumanRightsVideosT aka @SalmonFan
Do you know that hundreds of thousands
of Tibetan serfs
were starved or killed
by
the Da Lie Lama?
GavinAIIen 2 weeks ago
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@HumanRightsVideosT aka @SalmonFan
How about the thousands of Tibetan monasteries
that
were destroyed by the Da Lie Lama
before his ass was kicked out?
GavinAIIen 2 weeks ago
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@HumanRightsVideosT aka @SalmonFan
The food for the Olympics were not imported from New Zealand because the World Health Organization declared that New Zealand is the most POLLUTED country in the world and no athelets at the Beijing Olympics wanted anything from New Zealand. In fact, the 2012 will ban any food from New Zealand as well.
GavinAIIen 2 weeks ago
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@HumanRightsVideosT aka @Salmonfan
How about the United Snakes
or
New Zealand?
Do you care about those places?
Do you think the Marois are going OK?
GavinAIIen 2 weeks ago
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@TibetRox Gavin
If you google (only if you can read)
15 immolations New Zealand
You should be able to get your ass up to speed with
what is happening to the Maoris in New Zealand
GavinAIIen 2 weeks ago
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@j0n52
In NZ you are NOT free
to
vote out the government that harvests your human organs
Sadly people in New Zealand don't have the rights that Chinese people have.
GavinAIIen 2 weeks ago
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@HumanRightsVideosT
New Zealand needs to be free
from
Cultural Destruction
Human Rights Abuses
and
Environmental Destruction.
GavinAIIen 2 weeks ago
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@J0n52
In New Zealand you are NOT free
to
vote out the government that you don't like
or you will end up dead
Gladly people in China don't have to face that.
GavinAIIen 2 weeks ago
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@HumanRightsVideosT
In New Zealand there are many protests everyday
but
all the protestors are killed
in the streets of New Zealand
like
how the Da Lie Lama
kills innocent people
everyday
GavinAIIen 3 weeks ago
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@HumanRightsVideosT
Sadly
there
is
No Freedom
in
Tibet
when the Da Lie Lama
was killing Tibetan slaves.
GavinAIIen 3 weeks ago
wikipedia
has
good information about global warming
nzgav 3 weeks ago
the vast majority
of
scientists
think
that global warming is happening
nzgav 3 weeks ago
stop
mining
tibet. com
is
an
excellent website about Tibet
nzgav 3 weeks ago 7
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Chinese mining officials open fire on Tibetan workers
Phayul [Tuesday, September 20, 2011 14:40]
By Tendar Tsering
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DHARAMSHALA September 20: Four Tibetan labourers have been injured after Chinese mining officials opened fire on them over a wage payment clash on Saturday in Tibetan area of Chatreng in Kardze, a newly arrived Tibetan told the Voice of Tibet radio.
HumanRightsVideosT 3 weeks ago 2
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stopminingtibet. com
is
a
website that is worth checking out
HumanRightsVideosT 3 weeks ago 2
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DEMOCRACY
and
FREEDOM
for
New Zealand
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
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CNN is reporting that the Da Lie Lama was found dead in Las Vegas, USA earlier this morning!
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
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@HumanRightsVideosT
I hope that
nations
around the world
will
come together
to do something about global warming
that was caused by New Zealand
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
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@GayRightsVideosT
I think
Tibet
is
a
very interesting
part of China
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
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@HumanRightsVideosT
I
suggest
your gay ass don't
copy and paste
all
the propaganda and lies
from gay porn videos
GavinAIIen 1 month ago 2
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@HumanRightsVideosT
Please
take
a trip
to
China
and then learn
about their fresh air there
which New Zealand
doesn't have
GavinAIIen 1 month ago 2
@HumanRightsVideosT
How
many days
was
New Zealand airport closed in 2011
due to too much smog?
Answer: 365 days
How many days did the Beijing Airport close in 2011?
Answer: ZERO
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
@HumanRightsVideosT
if Wellington enjoyed 274 days
of
blue skies in 2011
its
a miracle, but more likely just lies and propaganda
from
scam artists
like your gay ass.
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
@HumanRightsVideosT
Maybe the your gay eyes
are
colour blind
and
mistook blue for brown
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
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GavinAIIen 1 month ago
I hope that
nations
around the world
will
come together
to do something about global warming
HumanRightsVideosT 1 month ago
I think
Tibet
is
a
very interesting country
HumanRightsVideosT 1 month ago 5
As of Sunday, Beijing has enjoyed 274 days of "blue sky" in 2011, fulfilling its annual target ahead of schedule, an official with Beijing's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau said Sunday.
Beijing has seen an overall decline in the concentration of various pollutants in 2011, said Zhuang Zhidong, deputy director of the bureau.
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
@ GA
Please
take
a trip
to
China
and learn about the air pollution there
HumanRightsVideosT 1 month ago
@ GA
I
suggest
you don't
copy and paste
all
the propaganda and lies you read
HumanRightsVideosT 1 month ago
@ GA
How
many days
was
the Beijing airport closed in 2011
due
to too much smog ???
HumanRightsVideosT 1 month ago
@ GavinAIIen
If Beijing enjoyed 274 days
of
blue skies in 2011
its
a miracle, but more likely just lies and propaganda
HumanRightsVideosT 1 month ago
@ GA
Maybe the officials
are
colour blind
and
mistook brown for blue
HumanRightsVideosT 1 month ago
The PM10, or particular matter under 10 micrometers, decreased to 114 microgrammes per cubic meter this year, the lowest in four years, according to the bureau.
The overall air quality of Beijing was better than last year, with 22 more days of grade I air quality than were recorded in 2010, Zhuang said.
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
Beijing uses a five-grade classification of air quality on the basis of pollution indices, with grade I being the best and grade V the worst. Days with grade I or II air quality are considered "blue sky days."
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
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However, Beijing also experienced several days of poor air quality as a result of bad weather conditions. Factors such as weaker winds and a rise in humidity are unsuitable for the dispersal of atmospheric pollutants, according to the bureau.
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
The bureau has been keeping a close watch on construction sites and coal-fired boilers in order to reduce emissions of pollutants since the city began supplying heat in mid-November.
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
Air quality monitoring in Beijing made headlines recently due to public debate over different standards of measurements.
GavinAIIen 1 month ago
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China currently uses PM10, or particular matter under 10 micrometers, to measure air quality, but the public has urged government authorities to apply the tighter PM2.5 standard, which measures finer matter that is considered more hazardous to people's health as it can go deeper into the lungs.
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The Ministry of Environmental Protection said it has been considering revising present standards, and a new index standard which includes the measuring of PM2.5 and ozone density is scheduled to be fully implemented nationwide in 2016 with pilot projects conducted in certain regions ahead of the national deadline.
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Zhuang said the Beijing Environment Monitoring Center has started making preparations for the monitoring of PM2.5, including purchasing relevant monitoring equipments, setting up monitoring posts and training staff.
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A "blue sky days" target has been set to encourage the city to improve its environment. Authorities are aiming for 274 "blue sky days" this year.
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Energy conservation and environmental protection is a long-term strategy as well as an urgent practical option for China, said Vice-Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday, two days ahead of the climate change summit in Durban, South Africa.
Two days before the climate summit in South Africa, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang speaks on Saturday at the sixth China-Japan forum on energy-saving and environment protection in Beijing.
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The global economic scenario has become more complicated, Li said. The possibility for a long-term downturn has expanded and the process of global economic recovery may see more twists and turns.
"To maintain robust growth, it's a necessity to innovate the mode of development and nurture new driving forces," Li said at the sixth China-Japan forum on energy-saving and environment protection in Beijing on Saturday.
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Energy-saving and environmental protection is in line with China's economic development transition.
Without structural adjustment and transformation, it's unlikely to maintain sustainable economic growth and a robust momentum of economic development, Li said.
China will further improve the quality of its economic growth by promoting energy efficiency and energy saving, reducing consumption and pollution, improving environmental protection, he said.
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China is committed to improving "the quality of economic growth", and with this as a prerequisite, to maintain the economy with a long-term, steady and relatively fast growth.
Countries are rethinking and exploring future driving forces in economic growth amid the worsening economy, while promoting green economy has seen common consensus among countries, Li said.
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Promoting energy conservation and environmental protection, as well as merging it into all sectors of society, is a strategic task, as well as a practical urgent option for China, he said.
Energy conservation and environmental protection will be a key "breakthrough point" for China's economic transformation and is beneficial to forming new driving forces.
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Zhang Jianping, senior researcher at the Institute for International Economic Research under the National Development and Reform Commission, said the increasing eurozone debt crisis and financial turmoil had posed greater pressure to China's economic transition.
"It's become more urgent for China to highlight innovation and reduce its reliance on exports as all of its major trading partners are facing bleak economic outlooks," Zhang said.
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Energy conservation and environmental protection are among the seven strategic emerging industries in advancing China's economic development.
China has huge potential in the energy-saving and environmental protection market, offering many opportunities for both domestic and international companies.
The output value of China's energy conservation and environmental protection is estimated to be 4.5 trillion yuan ($709 billion) by end 2015.
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China emphasizes both mitigation and adaptation in addressing climate change, synergizing industrial structure and energy structure adjustment, in its efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions effectively, Zhang said.
China will extensively expand international cooperation in this area to strengthen abilities in tackling climate change, under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities", he said.
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China emphasizes both mitigation and adaptation in addressing climate change, synergizing industrial structure and energy structure adjustment, in its efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions effectively, Zhang said.
China will extensively expand international cooperation in this area to strengthen abilities in tackling climate change, under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities", he said.
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Fifty-one projects related to energy-saving and environmental protection were signed between China and Japan during the forum, which was attended by about 1,000 officials and entrepreneurs from China and Japan.
Edano Yukio, Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry minister said it is crucial to further the strategic and mutually beneficial relationship.
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The nuclear energy crisis, spawned by a massive earthquake and tsunami in March, caused power shortages in Japan and also pushed the government to make stern determinations in energy conservation, he said.
Japan is willing to share technology and experiences with countries facing energy constraints and environmental problems, Yukio said.
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"China's market advantage and Japan's technology complement each other. Much can be done in this area," said Li. China also pledged to strengthen efforts in intellectual property protection to create a healthy environment for technology cooperation. Cooperation in energy and environment has become crucial in bilateral trade.
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China is Japan's biggest trading partner. Japan is China's fourth trading partner and the third largest investor. Bilateral trade increased 17.7 percent year on year to $281 billion in the first 10 months this year.
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The State Council decided on Wednesday to establish an experimental zone for ecological protection in Sanjiangyuan on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
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The experimental zone, which covers 21 counties in four Tibetan autonomous prefectures as well as a township in Golmud in Qinghai province, is expected to explore a mechanism for the ecological development and environment protection, according to the State Council executive meeting presided by Premier Wen Jiabao.
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The Sanjiangyuan region, with an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters, is the source of three rivers - the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Lancang River.
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The green cover in the experimental zone is set to be increased by 15 to 20 percent by the end of 2015 and 25 to 30 percent by 2020, according to the draft of the experimental zone.
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The protection and restoration of the vegetations in the zone will be emphasized, and the balance between the grass fields and the number of livestock will be monitored and adjusted according to the ecological condition, said the draft.
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Construction of infrastructure in the zone will be strengthened with an eye on ecological protection to improve the life quality of the local people, according to the draft.
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The source lakes had experienced shrinking as a result of environmental damage caused by human activities and overgrazing by animals since late 20th century.
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Measures were taken to prevent soil erosion, artificially increase rainfall, forbid overgrazing and move herding families out of the region. About 50,000 people have been moved out in the past six years, according to official data.
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As a result, the lake area on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau expanded in size by 245 square kilometers from 2005 to 2010.
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global warming is not probably the primary cause of depleting lakes. China builds hundreds of dams that are affecting many regions of Asia. It's a huge crisis! Research states that water could be the cause of major conflict there in the near future!
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A total of 5.5 million yuan (860,000 U.S. dollars) will be channelled from the central government in two years to protect 8,667 hectares of wetlands around the lake in southwestern Qinghai Province on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, said He Yubang, director of the Qinghai Lake National Reserve Administration.
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The administration has signed an agreement with three counties which own the wetland, asking them to ban grazing in the area in order to restore the ecological environment there, said He.
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Qinghai Lake, a saltwater lake at more than 3,200 meters above sea level, boasts a water area of 4,232 sq km. Considered sacred by Tibetans, it is home to 189 species of birds and a crucial barrier against the encroachment of the desert from the west.
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China in 2008 embarked on a 10-year investment plan to use 1.57 billion yuan to protect the lake's environment, vowing to restore the beauty of the lake by protecting its wetlands, planting more trees, reverting pasture to grassland and controlling desertification.
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China warned the United States on Monday of a trade war if Congress passes a bill pressuring Beijing to appreciate the yuan. The warning came a day before US lawmakers are set to vote on the bill.
Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai reiterated Beijing's opposition to the bill and said that it will hamper global economic recovery and further hurt US jobs growth.
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"Should the proposed legislation be made into law, the result would be a trade war between China and the US and that would be a lose-lose situation for both sides," Cui said at a news briefing.
The bill is likely to pass with bipartisan support in the Senate, before being sent to the House of Representatives.
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The bill would require the US Department of Commerce to estimate what they claim to be currency under-valuations when calculating duties imposed on imports deemed to be State-subsidized.
"(The currency bill) in no way represents the reality of the economic and trade relationship" between the two leading economies, said Cui, who currently heads the China delegation for G20 negotiations.
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"Of course it would be detrimental to the development of economic ties and might have an adverse impact on bilateral relations.
"If this type of situation occurs, it would certainly have negative effects on US economic and job growth," he said. "At the same time, it would hinder global economic recovery."
DemocracyGIadiator 3 months ago
The legislation, if passed in the Senate, still faces an uncertain future in the House of Representatives.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner has signaled that the legislation will die.
"It's dangerous. You could start a trade war. And a trade war, given the economic uncertainty here and all around the world - it's just very dangerous, and we should not be engaged in this," Boehner said last Thursday.
DemocracyGIadiator 3 months ago
China's central bank and the ministries of commerce and foreign affairs last week jointly warned that the proposed currency law could lead to a trade war between the two countries.
Some US politicians claim that China holds down the value of its currency to give its exporters an edge. But Beijing says it is committed to gradual reform of the yuan, which has risen 30 percent against the greenback since 2005.
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The yuan hit a fresh high against the US dollar late on Monday, up 0.6 percent from 6.3859 on Sept 30 to 6.3486. China's financial markets were closed for National Day holidays last week.
It represents the highest closing level since the country unified the official and market exchange rates at the end of 1993, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.
It is also the biggest daily increase since China loosened the yuan's peg to the dollar on July 21, 2005.
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The Wall Street Journal carried an article on Oct 7 which quoted a Boston Consulting Group study, saying that due to rising labor and raw material costs in China, "the jobs that some US politicians want to bring home may already be trickling back to the US".
The study calculates that production that returns to the US from China could add 800,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector, and up to 3 million altogether if service-sector support jobs are included, according to the article.
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Wang Haifeng, a senior researcher with the Foreign Economic Research Institute, a think tank for the National Development and Reform Commission, told China Daily that the currency bill may damage the US more than China, because trade friction will reduce imports from China.
"The passage of this bill will surely spark a trade war and US consumers would be the final victims," Wang said.
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Whether this currency issue will have long-term effects on the Sino-US trade relationship depends on how quick the US economy recovers, he added.
The US imposing sanctions on China would violate international trade rules, said Cao Fengqi, director of the Finance and Securities Research Center at Peking University.
"The US should not blame China for its trade deficit and high unemployment," he said.
DemocracyGIadiator 3 months ago
"The bill will be unfavorable for Chinese exports. China may also take retaliatory measures, including raising tariffs on imports from the US," Cao said. However, he believed the bill has little chance of passing in the House.
Economist Robert Mundell, winner of the Nobel Prize, said that US legislation to press China to raise the value of the yuan would be a "disaster".
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"This is not going to help Americans," Mundell said on Sept 27 in a Bloomberg Television interview. "This is not going to create jobs for Americans. It's just going to create a disaster.
"This would have a wounding effect on the stability of international relations. There's never been any precedent in economic history where a country, through any legal system, was forced to appreciate its currency relative to another country."
DemocracyGIadiator 3 months ago
Also at the news briefing, Cui said China will once again raise the issue of US arms sales to Taiwan at a high-level meeting in Beijing on Tuesday.
The meeting will be co-hosted by Cui and US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.
Cui reiterated that US arms sales to Taiwan seriously undermine China's core interests. The US said last month that it would sell $5.85 billion in military hardware to the island.
DemocracyGIadiator 3 months ago
Some nightmares don't fade with time. Liu Jianjun, a truck driver from Hebei province, still drives apprehensively on the Beijing-Tibet highway - hoping to never again endure the hellacious,
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unprecedented traffic jam that occurred on July 17, where Liu found himself ensnarled with 20,000 other vehicles in Zhuozi county, Inner Mongolia. In 40 hours - nearly two days - Liu's truck crawled only 100 kilometers.
The majority of the trucks trapped in the extreme gridlock were there for the same reason - to transport coal.
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Coal has tipped the scales of the Chinese economy and in turn raised the living standards for millions. Coal accounts for about 70 percent of China's energy mix, 30 percentage points higher than the world average.
Such heavy reliance on coal to boost the economy has led to serious pollution and ecological damage, severely hampering China's sustainable development.
As a way out, China has resolved to develop non-fossil renewable energies over the next five years.
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It plans to increase consumption of non-fossil energies by 210 million tonnes of coal equivalent during the 2011-2015 period. This will make the total non-fossil energy consumption reach 470 million tonnes of coal equivalent by 2015, 11.5 percent of the total energy consumption in China, says Xu Dingming, counselor on the State Council. The target includes, of coal equivalent, 280 million tonnes hydropower,
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90 million tonnes nuclear power, and 100 million tonnes of other renewable energies, such as wind power, solar power, and biomass energy.
Xu says China is planning to increase hydropower installed capacity to 260 million kilowatts by the end of 2015. Thus China's annual hydropower output will reach 910 billion kilowatt hours by 2015. To this end, China will construct eight 10-million-kilowatt hydropower bases in west China.
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But hydropower projects are double-edged swords, imperiling local ecological environments in the course of generating clean energy.
Yao Cucheng, a 42-year-old farmer, has a long face these days. Yao has been devoted to artificial propagation of Schizothorax prenanti, an endangered species of fish, in Shennongjia, Hubei province, for six years.
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Yao has managed to raise 100,000 fish in a pond by directing water, algae and aquatic organisms from the Guchong River in the forest zone. He plans to expand the stock of fish to 500,000 next year.
But the good time will end soon. Upstream, a hydropower station is planned, and that means the river will soon be dammed and cut off.
Shennongjia, a biodiversity protection demonstration area of Asia,
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has seen small hydropower stations built since the 1970s. The hydropower plants, with 300MW total installed capacity, have essentially supplied enough cheap power for lighting and fuel to local residents, who subsequently no longer need to chop down trees for fuel.
But the blocked up rivers have created a survival crisis for aquatic flora and fauna in the region, where 4,700 varieties of animals and plants live in and along 317 rivers, including 35 species of wild fish.
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But the blocked up rivers have created a survival crisis for aquatic flora and fauna in the region, where 4,700 varieties of animals and plants live in and along 317 rivers, including 35 species of wild fish. Zhang Guobao, former head of the National Energy Bureau, says China should develop hydropower on the condition of protecting ecological environments.
BarbaraShigley 3 months ago
But the blocked up rivers have created a survival crisis for aquatic flora and fauna in the region, where 4,700 varieties of animals and plants live in and along 317 rivers, including 35 species of wild fish.Zhang Guobao, former head of the National Energy Bureau, says China should develop hydropower on the condition of protecting ecological environments.
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Wind power, the trendy energy alternative, has developed vigorously over the past five years. In 2010, China replaced the United States as the nation with the largest installed capacity.
Zhang says the grid-connected wind power installed capacity is designed to hit 100 million kilowatts and annual electricity output by wind power will reach 190 billion kilowatts hours by the end of 2015.
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China also plans to increase the installed capacity of the solar photovoltaic system to 9 million kilowatts by the end of 2015 and expand the application of solar energy water heaters to 400 million square meters by the end of 2015.
In addition, China intends to raise biomass energy installed capacity to 13 million kilowatts by 2015 from the 5.5 million kilowatts generated at the end of 2010 -- an average annual growth rate of 18.77 percent.
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China will also raise geothermal power installed capacity to 100,000 kw by 2015, and build one or two 10,000-kilowatt tidal power stations and 50,000-kilowatt ocean power plants before end of 2015.
Zhang says that to support renewable energy generation, China will extend subsidy policies for renewable energy products and encourage direct trading between renewable energy generators and power consumers.
BarbaraShigley 3 months ago
Despite great efforts to promote the weight of non-fossil energies, fossil energies remain the main force in China's power supply.
Xu says China's fossil energy consumption is targeted at 3.63 billion tonnes of standard coal equivalent by 2015.
In 2010, China, the world's largest energy producer and consumer, consumed 3.25 billion tonnes of primary energy, 32 percent higher than that of 2005.
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The 2015 target consists of 3.82 billion tonnes of raw coal (2.61 billion tonnes of standard coal), 500 million tonnes of oil (710 million tonnes of standard coal), and 230 billion cubic meters of natural gas (310 million tonnes of standard coal).
Coal will weigh 63.6 percent of total primary energy consumption by 2015, down 7.3 percentage points from that of 2010.
BarbaraShigley 3 months ago
The 2015 target consists of 3.82 billion tonnes of raw coal (2.61 billion tonnes of standard coal), 500 million tonnes of oil (710 million tonnes of standard coal), and 230 billion cubic meters of natural gas (310 million tonnes of standard coal).
Coal will weigh 63.6 percent of total primary energy consumption by 2015, down 7.3 percentage points from that of 2010.
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To save energy and reduce emissions, China will go on eliminating outdated small thermal power generating units.
In the past five years, China has shut down thousands of outdated small thermal power generating units, totaling 72GW. It equals the total installed power generating capacity of Britain. The measure saves 81 million tonnes of raw coal and reduces emissions of 160 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
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China remains in the demonstration phase of developing modern coal chemical projects, since it lacks experiences in massive commercial running of the facilities. Except for encouraging expansion projects in coal-to-gas (CTG) and coal-to-alcohol ether, China will strictly control the scale of coal-to-liquid (CTL) projects, especially direct CTL projects.
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Industry officials propose China use more natural gas to break away from excessive reliance on coal.
Natural gas, cleaner and more efficient, accounts for about 4 percent of China's primary energy consumption. The percentage is about one sixth of the world's average. China could boost the use of natural gas, as it is rich in reserves and less expensive.
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Using more natural gas will also help alleviate China's rising dependence on imported oil, which threatens China's energy security.
In the first five months of the year, China's dependence on imported oil rose 55.2 percent, up from 55 percent in 2010, and 33 percent in 2009, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Industry officials expect China's dependence on imported oil will jump to 60 percent by 2020 and 65 percent by 2030.
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The Chinese government will invest 2 trillion yuan ($313 billion) in the area of green economy and low-carbon development in the next five years, cutting 16 percent of per-unit GDP energy consumption compared to 2010, a senior official from China's top economic planner said on Saturday.
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"During the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period (2011-15), the Chinese government will boost low-carbon development from 10 perspectives," Xie Zhenhua, vice minister of National Development and Reform Commission, said at the Second China (Binhai Tianjin) International Eco-City Forum.
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Promoting circular economy projects, establishing 100 demonstration bases for resource comprehensive utilization and launching low-carbon pilot programs in five provinces and eight cities are all methods China will use, Xie said.
DemocracyGIadiator 4 months ago
In recent years, the Chinese government has issued and put in place a series of policies encouraging low-carbon development.
During the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period (2006-10), energy consumption per-unit GDP had decreased by 19.1 percent. And carbon dioxide emission was cut by around 1.5 billion tons.
DemocracyGIadiator 4 months ago
By the end of 2015, per-unit-GDP energy consumption of China will drop by 16 percent over 2010, and the average input-output ratio for resources is expected to jump by 15 percent, Xie stressed.
It is estimated that an additional 1.7 billion people will move into cities in developing Asia and Africa countries in the next three decades.
DemocracyGIadiator 4 months ago
The success of Chinese cities, especially Tianjin, in low-carbon development and eco-city planning, will provide valuable experiences for counterparts in developing countries, according to Lasse Gustavsson, executive director, conservation of World Wildlife Fund International.
DemocracyGIadiator 4 months ago
"For boosting low-carbon development, Tianjin Binhai New Area allocates 200 million yuan every year to encourage all kinds projects that improve energy saving and emission reduction," said He Lifeng, party secretary of Tianjin Binhai New Area.
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China's reform of its healthcare system has put it on the right path, Health Minister Chen Zhu told the Harvard America-China Health Summit in Boston on Wednesday.
The plan has lowered medical expenses for Chinese patients and has made healthcare more accessible, affordable and equitable, Chen said.
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As part of the plan, the government has spent at least 850 billion yuan ($133.2 billion) to improve the healthcare system between 2009 and 2011, which had lowered the cost of essential medicines by at least 30 percent.
Chen also said the wide gap between health services in rural and urban areas is slowly closing and government subsidies for subscribers to the new rural medical plan are 10 times higher than subsidies in 2003.
SaulanEatShit 4 months ago
China's reform of its healthcare system, dubbed "Healthy China 2020", began three years ago and aims to provide universal national health service.
"Healthy China 2020 is a crucial period of time for China's healthcare reform, a transition of many aspects of China's economy and society," Chen said.
In the last decade the government's share of total health expenditures has increased from 16 percent to 29 percent.
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"This indicates the continuing government investment into health," Chen said. "I'm confident that over time, health equity will be met in China."
The inaugural summit, organized by the China Initiative of the Harvard School of Public Health, seeks to examine health reforms in China and the United States through dialogue between Chinese and American health policymakers, experts and leaders. About 600 people participated in the two-day event.
SaulanEatShit 4 months ago
Like China, the US recently embarked on healthcare reform to provide medical coverage for an additional 32 million Americans by 2014.
The US may be the world's biggest healthcare spender, but it wants to learn from the Chinese experience, said Sherry Glied with the US Department of Health and Human Services.
The US and China have much to learn from one another's experiences and challenges, she said.
SaulanEatShit 4 months ago
The summit takes place at a timely moment in global health, said Julio Frenk, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health and head of the Harvard School of Public Health China Initiative.
"Both China and the US are embarking on major health reform. China's health reform is one of the most observed in the world. We are at this historical moment where the world is searching for ways to finance healthcare and to combat diseases and malnutrition," Frenk said.
SaulanEatShit 4 months ago
"China is a nation of complex problems but it also has great energy for innovation. This is probably the health reform that will not only benefit China but the rest of the world," Frenk said.
Jorge Dominguez, vice-provost for international affairs at Harvard University, said the summit is important for sustaining ties between Harvard and China.
"More than 200 Harvard faculty members told us they are having a significant collaboration or partnership with China," Dominguez said.
SaulanEatShit 4 months ago
@ SaulanES
here is a link to your spam
usa.chinadaily. com. cn/china/2011-09/23/con tent_13775119.htm
HumanRightsVideosT 4 months ago
@ SaulanES
all your spam should be deleted
HumanRightsVideosT 4 months ago
@ SaulanES
Sadly
China Daily
tells many LIES
HumanRightsVideosT 4 months ago
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Sadly China and many places in the World are being over run with pollution.
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Yet large countries have plenty of $ for
1. Putting a man on the Moon or Mars
2. Invasions and other aggressive behaviour
3. Supporting undemocratic Regimes in Fiji or China (by renting Pandas from China's Regime)
4. Sporting events which create carbon emissions. Flying horses around the world to the Olympics and the Olympic flame seem to be an environmental disaster and sadly show the world is heading to oblivion.
HumanRightsVideosT 4 months ago 6
@ my impersonator
Do you care about the environmental at all ???
HumanRightsVideosT 4 months ago
The Regime of China is EVIL
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Sadly some people support the Evil Regime of China
FalunGongIsAmazing 4 months ago
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@ tyoungos from Hong Kong
Please tell us what Libya has to do with Tibet
FalunGongIsAmazing 4 months ago
@ channel tyoungos from Hong Kong
Please tell us what Nato has to do with Tibet ???
FalunGongIsAmazing 4 months ago
Delete ALL Spam
from
HumanRightsVideoT aka channel tyoungos from Hong Kong
FalunGongIsAmazing 4 months ago
@ tyoungos
Do you have the CPSC recalls for Chinese goods in 2009 ???
FalunGongIsAmazing 5 months ago