China

Shanghai To Add Extensive Bus-Only Lanes

Plans for 300 kilometers of the public transit lanes would be complete by 2010, easing congestion in the daily seven million passenger load.

March 3, 2006 - Shanghai Daily

Cities Reveal Shifts In China, Japan

Development in Shanghai and Osaka over the past decade shows one region growing fast, the other stuck in the mud.

February 27, 2006 - International Herald Tribune

China Strengthens Environmental Protection Enforcement

China announces new rules aimed at enforcing environmental protection.

February 23, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

China's Motor City

The son of Hitler's architect has been hired to design the 300,000-person 'Detroit of the East' in Changchun.

February 4, 2006 - Spiegel Online

China Admits Rapid Development Threatens Environment

China's chemical plants threaten its famous rivers which flow through major population centers.

January 26, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

China Hires U.K. Firm To Build Eco-Cities

China has hired a British engineering firm to design and build several self-sustaining cities.

November 7, 2005 - The Observer

Can Oversized, Themed Malls Save China's Economy?

The world's largest malls are in a country that, four years ago, barely had a cosumer base.

May 27, 2005 - The New York Times

China's Growth Could Lead to 'Nightmare'

If the rest of the world is to emulate American consumption levels, competition for oil and arable land could lead to disastrous consequences.

March 11, 2005 - OneWorld.net

Let A Thousand Reactors Bloom

China gears up to build new, smaller nuclear plants to solve its growing energy needs.

September 5, 2004 - Wired

The China Syndrome

Sprawl, highways, demolition come to China.

June 21, 2004 - The Washington Post

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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