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Less Blessed: Anyemaqen, Glaciers and the Yellow River

China Green has released another great look at some of the environmental problems plaguing this country. This time around, we head to the Tibetan plateau's Anyemaqen mountain range and the effects of climate change there. As explained on their website:

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By Elaine Chow in on November 16, 2009 3:00 PM

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Today's Links: New highs for FDI, new lows for the Yellow River, and corruption charges for Chinese billionaire

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By Geoff Ng in on November 26, 2008 1:41 AM

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Today's Links: More iPhone, Mao food and TV porn


  • Despite the Rumors, iPhone is Not for China

    "This, ladies and gentlemen, is the perfect example of how an otherwise intelligent person can make a huge, expensive mistake in China."



  • Shout Out! Winopete, Now Available in Shangers

    "Its author, the often wily and sometimes wobbly Winopete, has now relocated to Shanghai and turned his pen and liver loose."



  • Not your grandma's Antiques Roadshow

    "What distinguishes Collection' from those other shows is that Wang destroys any pieces that are found to be counterfeit."



  • Shanghai to protect 19 uninhabited islands

    "Shanghai will take measures to preserve and further explore the 19 uninhabited islands which scatter across the sea near the city ..."



  • Seat on subway won't get any easier to find

    "A limited number of train cars will be added next month, but they won't be able to fully handle the increased passenger load caused by the rapid expansion of the city's underground."



  • China Southern Airlines To Offer SMS Boarding Passes

    "Users will receive a barcode-like SMS after they purchase their air tickets."



  • Chairman Mao Hometown-style Food

    "You can see from above, it's chicken soup, some garlic sprouts with pork, some really fatty meat - I was told it's good for your brain, and that it was Mao Zedong's favorite food, huh!"



  • City diners set to embrace the dark

    "According to officials of the Beijing-based Whaleinside Culture Corp, which opened Asia's first dark restaurant in Beijing on December 22, the Shanghai outlet will be set up in one of the busiest commercial centers."



  • Officials sacked over porn broadcast

    "The pornography was shown late January 16 and early the next day on a station in Pingshan county in Hebei province, the Beijing Morning Post said Monday, adding the broadcast 'caused a bad social effect.'"



  • Report: Police detain mine owner in Chinese reporter's death

    The deceased reporter was going to report on the mine owner's operations, and apparently the mine owner wasn't willing to accept an interview, and sent as many as twenty men to deliver the message to the reporter and his colleague.



  • Nearly 40 pc Yellow River fish population extinct, say Chinese officials

    Out of the more than 150 species of fish living in the Yellow River, only 2/3 are left.



  • Beijing to close unsanitary restaurants

    Yet another casualty of the Olympics.


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    By Dan Washburn in on January 23, 2007 5:59 PM

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    Extra! Extra! Abuse, chemical spills and top-secret weather

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    By Peijin Chen in on December 26, 2006 1:29 PM

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    Extra! Extra! Mumbai, jailed reporters and self-immolation

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    By Peijin Chen in on November 24, 2006 6:58 PM

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    Extra! Extra! Torture, TomKat and turkey

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    By Dan Washburn in on November 21, 2006 8:08 PM

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    Looks like someone didn't eat their noodles

    While noodling through a newspaper Shanghaiist came upon the story of an interesting archaeological find in Qinghai province: a remarkably well preserved bowl of mian that had been sitting there for 4,000 years. That's older than some of the stuff in our fridge.

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    By Shamus Sillar in , on October 14, 2005 8:59 AM

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    Shanghai's cost of living and central heating south of the Yangtze

    heater.jpg Teachers' salaries, the burbs and long underwear

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    By Brenna Dugan in on October 7, 2005 1:02 PM

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