China to ban ivory trade by end of 2017
China will ban all ivory trade and processing by the end of 2017, the government said, in a move hailed by conservationists as a “game changer” for African elephants. African ivory is...
More heavy smog forecast for northern China over new year
North China should prepare for more heavy smog in the coming days, the Ministry of Environmental Protection warned on Thursday. A notice published on the ministry’s website said that due to...
China’s Sichuan cannot get enough spicy marinated rabbit heads
Chinese diners greedily crack open delicate rabbit skulls and slurp down their contents, tucking into a delicacy so popular in one province that it has to import its supplies from France. Sichuan is...
China in biggest-ever pangolin scale seizure
Chinese customs seized over three tonnes of pangolin scales, state media said, in the country’s biggest-ever smuggling case involving the animal parts. Shanghai Customs found around 3.1 tonnes...
China’s giant cow farms befoul environment
Giant piles of black manure towering over cornfields, while rancid-smelling effluent from thousands of cows spills onto the land – this is the price of a glass of milk in China today....
No tax on CO2 emissions in China’s new environment law
China has passed a law that levies taxes on pollution, but ignores carbon dioxide, one of the major contributors to global warming, according to the web site of the country’s highest legislative...
Chinese parents shy away from football World Cup dreams
Beijing’s dream of making China a football powerhouse depends on millions of children taking up the sport, but even coaches say tradition-minded parents view the game as a wasteful distraction...
China launches carbon dioxide monitoring satellite
China on Thursday launched a satellite to monitor carbon dioxide levels, state media said, making the Asian giant the third country to track the potent contributor to global warming from space. The...
