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Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China | ChinaHushAmazing Pictures, Pollution in China [ QQ ] October 14, 2009, the 30 annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (卢广) from People’s Republic of China won the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for ...
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2 months ago
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The Prophet of Climate Change: James Lovelock : Rolling StoneAt the age of eighty-eight, after four children and a long and respected career as one of the twentieth century's most influential scientists, James Lovelock has come to an unsettling conclusion: The human race is doomed. "I wish I could be more hopeful," he tells me one sunny morning as we ...
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7 months ago
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Imperial Traffic JamBEIJING -- Nearly 1,500 cars a day have been added to Beijing's streets since the start of the year, state media said on Tuesday, indicating new curbs on driving had not dampened the desire for automobiles. The already gridlocked and heavily polluted Chinese capital registered 65,970 new motor ...
Flora Moon
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10 months ago
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Market Skeptics: Chinese central bank: "The US dollar is unlikely to be stable next year"(emphasis mine) [my comment] China to allow freer yuan trades China has said it is to allow some trade with its neighbours to be settled with its currency, the yuan. The pilot scheme was announced in a package of measures designed to help exporters hit by the global downturn. It means if ...
scott newell
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Giant Asian smog cloud masks warming impact: U.N.: Scientific AmericanA three-kilometer thick cloud of brown soot and other pollutants hanging over Asia is darkening cities, killing thousands and damaging crops but may be holding off the worst effects of global warming, the U.N. said on Thursday. The vast plume of contamination from factories, fires, cars and ...
JDP
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13 months ago
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Something you didn't know about me ...Since Hrafn always meant this to be a social network for Twine Power Users (and I, along with Nova) were the first two co-admins invited by Hrafn, here's something I might as well share: Guess what, I'm the real David Lightman (well, as close as there is to a real David Lightman) -- as in the movie, ...
David Scott "Lightman" Lewis
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16 months ago
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How English Is Evolving Into a Language We May Not Even UnderstandThe targeted offenses: if you are stolen, call the police at once. please omnivorously put the waste in garbage can. deformed man lavatory. For the past 18 months, teams of language police have been scouring Beijing on a mission to wipe out all such traces of bad English signage before the ...
JDP
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17 months ago
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PODCAST:: Foreign Affairs Journal - China's Olympic Nightmare: What the Games Mean for Beijing's FutureHere's an excerpt from the podcast: "Beijing's failure to respond creatively to its critics and effectively manage its environmental and product-safety issues reveals a certain political myopia. China's leaders have long been aware that opponents of the regime would try to disrupt the ...
David Scott "Lightman" Lewis
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Foreign Affairs Journal - China's Olympic Nightmare: What the Games Mean for Beijing's FutureThis piece was co-authored by a friend of mine who heads APAC policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Here's an excerpt: "Beijing's failure to respond creatively to its critics and effectively manage its environmental and product-safety issues reveals a certain political myopia. China's ...
David Scott "Lightman" Lewis
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China: A Partner or Adversary? - FPRI (Foreign Policy Research Institute)Sent to you by David Scott Lewis via Google Reader: E-Notes: China: A Partner or Adversary? - FPRI via www.fpri.org on 5/31/08 China: A Partner or Adversary? by Richard Baum May 2008 Richard Baum, a professor of political science at UCLA, was a panelist in the FPRI Asia Program...
David Scott "Lightman" Lewis
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