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Beijing claims early victory over air pollution

BEIJING Beijing said Monday it has already reached its target number of 256 “blue-sky days” this year, with the help of ambitious environmental measures the city imposed to cut emissions for the Olympic Games. China's notoriously polluted capital of 17 ...

From HENRY SANDERSON, Globe and Mail,  1 Dec 2008

Chinese researcher executed on spying charges

BEIJING A Chinese medical researcher and businessman was executed Friday on charges of spying for Taiwan, his family said. Ran Chen, who has Austrian citizenship, said her father's execution by gunshot was confirmed at 5 p.m. via the Austrian embassy ...

From HENRY SANDERSON, Globe and Mail,  28 Nov 2008

One-third of China's Yellow River polluted

BEIJING—Newly released scientific results show one-third of the famed Yellow River, which supplies water to millions of people in northern China, is heavily polluted by industrial waste and unsafe for any use. The Yellow River, the second-longest in ...

From HENRY SANDERSON, Boston Globe,  25 Nov 2008

One-third of China's Yellow River polluted

BEIJING—Newly released scientific results show one-third of the famed Yellow River, which supplies water to millions of people in northern China, is heavily polluted by industrial waste and unsafe for any use. The Yellow River, the second-longest in ...

From HENRY SANDERSON, Boston Globe,  25 Nov 2008

Chinese provinces try to limit layoffs

One of the country's richest and most developed provinces, Shandong, is attempting to enforce a local order that a company must go through the government if it wants to lay off more than 40 employees, an official said Tuesday. "In practice, this order ...

From HENRY SANDERSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 Nov 2008

Chinese provinces try to limit layoffs

Two Chinese provinces are trying to deter companies from laying off large numbers of workers as they struggle to limit the fallout from the global financial crisis. One of the country's richest and most developed provinces, Shandong, is attempting to ...

From HENRY SANDERSON, Newsvine,  18 Nov 2008

UN seeks broad Obama role on climate

BEIJING - The head of the UN climate change body has called on the United States to take a more active role in fighting global warming once Barack Obama becomes president. "With President-elect Obama, my hope is that the US can take on a leadership ...

From HENRY SANDERSON, Boston Globe,  9 Nov 2008

UN official hopes for US role in climate change

BEIJING (AP) -- The head of the U.N.'s climate change body said Friday that he hopes the United States will take a more active role in fighting global warming once Barack Obama becomes president. "With President-elect Obama, my hope is that the U.S. ...

From HENRY SANDERSON, Buffalo News,  7 Nov 2008

China convicts 55 in Tibet riots

BEIJING — The Chinese government has sentenced 55 people in connection with deadly riots in March protesting Beijing's rule over Tibet, state media reported late Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency did not say what sentences the 55 received, what ...

From HENRY SANDERSON, Denver Post,  5 Nov 2008

China sentences 55 Tibet protesters over riots

BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese government has sentenced 55 people in connection with deadly riots in March protesting Beijing's rule over Tibet, state media reported late Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency did not say what sentences the 55 received, ...

From HENRY SANDERSON, Washington Times,  5 Nov 2008

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