China

Full Speed Ahead For China's Car Market

China car market booming, in part because there is no tax on gasoline

June 16, 2004 - The Detroit News

China Embraces The Car

Increasing popularity of the private automobile is bringing big changes to China.

March 9, 2004 - The Washington Post

Private Ownership Reconsidered in China

Private ownership of land, which was banned in China for the past 54 years, may be included in the country's revisions of its current constitution.

October 21, 2003 - The Boston Globe

Marginalized in the Hinterland

'Go West', China's billion dollar investment in infrastructural improvements that recall centralized planning in China over 25 years ago, is not meeting its intended goal to help Tibetans and others in the hinterland.

September 21, 2003 - USA Today

Shanghai To Limit Tall Buildings

The congestion of tall buildings in the limited central area has a negative effect in the city, according to the Shanghai Municipal Urban Planning Bureau.

September 15, 2003 - Xinhua News Agency

China's Formidable Environmental Challenges

China faces formidable environmental challenges. The country leadership is seems prepared to admit environmental mistakes and search for solutions

December 6, 2002 - BBC News

Growth Of Environmental Activism In China

Environmental groups in China are becoming more active in China.

June 14, 2002 - The Guardian Unlimited

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