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gesammelte China-Nachrichten Nr. 48/2006
Umwelt ¨C Gesundheit ¨C Energie ¨C Verkehr ¨C
Nachhaltige Entwicklung
und einige meiner persönlichen
Highlights ...
Woche 48, 2006 (25.11.-01.12.2006)
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HIGHLIGHTS
of the WEEK:
NBI says 45 tons of coins brought to China this year.
By KATRICE R.
JALBUENA. A syndicate may have already smuggled 45 tons of Philippine
P1 coins into the People¡¯s Republic of China this year alone,
said the National Bureau of Investigation. ... the suspects made the
round of the banks to change bills into P1 coins. They flatten the
coins using a special machine press before selling it to the
syndicate for P300 a kilo, which then smuggle them out of the
country. It was learned that in China, the coins are melted to
extract their nickel component. The metal, sold for the equivalent of
P1,000 a kilo, is used in the manufacture of computer parts and
mobile phones. ... smugglers are interested in the 1995 to 2003
series, which have a higher metal content. ...
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=57480,
accessed 27.11.2006, 061127_manilatimes_nickel_Kleingeld.pdf
No
strings attached: Chinese levitate spiders, beetles.
In the past
researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, China
have used ultrasound to levitate drops of iridium and mercury,
recently they have turned to live subjects and lifted insects and
fish ... Xie and his colleagues utilized an ultrasound emitter and
reflector to generate a sound pressure field between them. The
emitter produced roughly 20-millimeter-wavelength sounds, meaning it
could in theory levitate objects half that wavelength or less. After
the investigators got the ultrasound field working, they used
tweezers to carefully place animals between the emitter and
reflector. The scientists found they could float ants, beetles,
spiders, ladybugs, bees, tadpoles and fish up to a little more than a
third of an inch long in midair. When they levitated the fish and
tadpole, the researchers used a syringe to squirt water into the
ultrasound field every minute. ... The ant and ladybug appeared to
suffer no ill effects following 30 minutes of levitation. The fish,
according to the report, did not fare as well because of an
inadequate water supply. ...
Also, wenn DAS
nicht wahrer Sarkasmus ist...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/30/content_5413936.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061130_xinhuanet_schalldruckfeld.pdf
CLIMATE
CHANGE / EMISSIONS / PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
Law in HK to Cut Smog-forming Pollutants.
The government of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) gazetted Friday a new
legislation to control the emissions of volatile organic compounds
(VOCs), a major category of pollutants responsible for smog that
reduces Hong Kong's visibility. The new legislation, the Air
Pollution Control (Volatile Organic Compounds) Regulation, bans the
import and local manufacture of products whose VOC content exceeds
the prescribed limits. Products that will come under the regulation
include architectural paints, printing inks, and six types of
consumer goods, namely, hairsprays, air fresheners, insecticides,
insect repellents, floor wax strippers and multi-purpose lubricants.
The regulation also requires emission reduction devices to be
installed on certain printing machines. ...
http://china.org.cn/english/China/190176.htm,
accessed 26.11.2006, 061125_chinaorgcn_hongkong_VOC.pdf
China
Plans to Cut Back on Small-Scale Power Plants.
... The energy
policy-setting National Development and Reform Commission has drawn
up a set of proposals for scaling up the size of the country's
coal-burning stations, the China Securities Journal said, citing
senior officials.
They aim to address
pollution, pricing and power management among other issues, and
promote clean, efficient and renewable energy -- mostly by copying on
a national scale policies already piloted in Guangdong and Henan
provinces. ...
https://freemailng6502.web.de/jump.htm?goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eplanetark%2Ecom%2Fdailynewsstory%2Ecfm%2Fnewsid%2F39242%2Fstory%2Ehtm,
accessed 30.11.2006, 061130_planetark_kohle.pdf
China
pumps US$119bln into transport.
China's fixed-assets
investments in the transport sector are scheduled to reach 938.4
billion yuan (119 billion U.S. dollars) this year, a growth of 18.4
percent year-on-year. ... the transport sector invested 612.4
billion yuan (78 billion U.S. dollars) in fixed assets in the first
three quarters of this year, up 25.96 percent over a year earlier. Of
the total, 124.2 billion yuan (16 billion U.S. dollars ) went to
railway construction and upgrading, up 100 percent, 418.3 billion
yuan (53 billion U.S. dollars) went to highway projects, up 12.7
percent, and 43.9 billion yuan to coastal harbor construction, up
37.4 percent.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-11/26/content_742872.htm,
accessed 27.11.2006, 061126_chinadaily_verkehr.pdf
Banks
Buy Over 200 Million Euro Chinese Carbon Credits.
Banks including
Lehman, Fortis and BNP Paribas have bought carbon credits from a
Chinese mining company in a deal that a buyer source said was worth
over 200 million euros ($263 million)....
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39268/story.htm,
accessed 03.12.2006, 061201_planetark_CO2_handel.pdf
Five-year
Plan Targets Air Pollution.
Beijing
is mapping out strategies to reduce the amount of air pollution in
the capital city over the next five years in its 11th five-year
(2005-10) environmental protection plan. ... According to the China
Environmental Monitoring Center's air-quality index, the amount of
pollution in the air last Tuesday hit its worst level, scoring a
"hazardous" rating for the 24-hour period ending at noon.
... For example, sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions are to be cut by 20
percent of their level last year by 2010, according to the plan. To
reach this target, Beijing will rely more on clean energy like
electricity or natural gas, and gradually give up the use of coal. In
central Beijing, coal combustion boilers with a capacity of less than
20 tons are to be powered by clean energy sources within the coming
year. And by 2008, the five major coal-fired power plants in Beijing
are to have installed equipment to remove dust, sulphur and nitrogen
from their emissions. Beijing will also impose stricter exhaust
standards on automobiles and speed up the retirement of old and
inefficient buses and cars. Studies have shown that auto exhaust is a
leading cause of pollution in Beijing. Automobiles pump out 80
percent of the carbon monoxide in the city's skies, 75 percent of
hydrocarbon, 68 percent of nitrogen oxide and 50 percent of the other
fine particles.
http://english.sepa.gov.cn/zwxx/hjyw/200612/t20061201_96863.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061201_sepa_luft_beijing.pdf
ENERGY:
Feedstock a Worry for any Chinese Biodiesel Growth.
China,
the world's number two oil importer, plans to start using biodiesel
in cars next year in an attempt to cut its dependence on imported
oil, industry officials said on Wednesday. So far, China has not
introduced biodiesel, made in the most part from vegetable oils,
though it is already the world's number three ethanol fuel producer
and is expanding its use to more cities and provinces. The officials,
gathered for a biodiesel conference in Beijing, said China would
introduce rules to blend conventional fuel with 5 percent biodiesel,
a renewable energy known to burn cleaner. It was not immediately
clear in which cities or provinces it would be launched. ... many
foreign and private investors were already building biodiesel plants
in China. They would add up to annual capacity as much as 3 million
tonnes, compared with only 100,000 tonnes at present, he said.
Sinopec is also planning to build a 50,000-tonnes-a-year biodiesel
plant, possibly in the northwest region of Xinjiang, which would use
cottonseed as feedstock, Zhang said. Xinjiang is the country's
largest cotton growing area with annual cotton output of nearly 2
million tonnes. Zhang said the new capacity would use cottonseed,
rapeseed as well as oil-bearing trees as feedstock. The industry
officials said the biggest worry was getting enough feedstock for
biodiesel as China has already a shortage in vegetable oils,
importing large quantities of soybeans, soyoil and palm oil each
year. ...
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39249/story.htm,
accessed 30.11.2006, 061130_planetark_biodiesel.pdf
China's
crude oil imports down 20 percent month-on-month in October.
China's
imports of crude oil dropped by 3.8 percent from a year ago to 10.82
million tons in October, according to statistics supplied by the
General Administration of Customs. The decline came after monthly
imports hit a record high of 13.46 million tons in September, with a
month-on-month drop of nearly 20 percent. According to statistics,
China imported 120.07 million tons of crude oil in the first ten
months, up 14.1 percent on the same period last year. Crude oil
imports cost China over 56 billion US dollars, up 43.8 percent on the
January-October period of last year. Niu Li, an analyst with the
State Information Center, said that higher stocks after the sharp
rise of imports in September led to the October decline. Expectations
of a further drop in the international oil price may be another
factor contributing to less imports ... Customs authorities said
China imported 31.86 million tons of refined oil products in the
first ten months, up 24 percent from a year ago. China's exports of
crude oil dropped 12.5 percent to 5.09 million tons in the first ten
months and exports of refined oil were down 17.6 percent to 9.99
million tons. China's output of crude oil reached 153.38 million tons
in the first ten months of this year, 1.5 percent up on the same
period of last year, according to statistics issued by the Economic
Operation Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission
(NDRC). Output of gasoline and diesel oil went up by 3.3 percent and
5.2 percent in the ten-month period.
http://english.people.com.cn//200611/29/eng20061129_326439.html,
accessed 03.12.2006, 061129_peoplesdaily_oel.pdf
China
Enshrines Energy Conservation Fund in Law.
China's
legislature is planning to include a special governmental energy
conservation fund in the new draft of the Energy Conservation Law. Li
Mingzhi, an official with the Financial and Economic Committee of the
National People's Congress who is in charge of drafting the
amendment, said at a forum that the money will be used to fund energy
conservation technology research, education and training and also for
major energy conservation projects. Yang Fuqiang, Vice President and
Chief Representative of the Energy Foundation, said that a commercial
fund -- more efficient in collecting corporate contributions --
should also be established. The Energy Conservation Law took effect
in 1998. To push energy conservation, China began amending the law in
March of this year. The fourth draft of the law is under discussion,
said Li. The draft will cover energy conservation evaluation and
examination system, standards and certification as well as the
management of major energy consuming enterprises. Firms that cannot
abide by the new energy efficiency standards will be punished. The
original law focused on energy conservation in industrial sectors,
but the amendment will extend to sectors such as transport,
construction and public institutions, said Li. Measures in favor of
public transport are included. China has set a goal of cutting energy
consumption by four percent this year and 20 percent for the period
2006-2010. However, instead of going down, energy consumption per
10,000 yuan of gross domestic product (GDP) in fact increased 0.8
percent in the first half year as GDP rose 10.9 percent year on year.
http://english.sepa.gov.cn/zwxx/hjyw/200612/t20061201_96864.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061201_sepa_energiegesetz.pdf
China's
basic energy law to be outlined.
The first
draft of China's first energy law, which will shape the country's
future energy policies, will be outlined before the end of the year,
according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
Energy experts have called for the law, which needs two years to be
passed by the legislature, to define clearly the regulations for
foreign acquisitions and to set up an authoritative body through
which all energy projects have to be approved. Experts also suggest
that the responsibilities of the central government and the local
governments regarding the approval of energy projects should be
stipulated, along with specific regulations on environmental and
safety measures. Meanwhile, the draft of the recyclable economy law
has been completed and will be submitted to the legislature next
year, according to a recent forum on a recyclable economy. ... As the
second largest energy producer and consumer in the world after the
United States, China now has four specific energy laws, covering the
coal industry, electric power, energy conservation and renewable
energy. However, the country has yet to draw up legislation on
petroleum and natural gas.
http://english.sepa.gov.cn/zwxx/hjyw/200611/t20061127_96581.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061127_sepa_energiegesetz.pdf
China
to Provide Subsidies to Bio-energy Sector.
The
Chinese government has issued a package of policies, including risk
reserves, subsidies and tax breaks, to encourage the development of
the bio-energy and bio-chemical industries, the National Development
and Reform Commission (NDRC) said ... [30.11.206]. Under the new
policies, enterprises should set up risk reserves, which will be used
to offset their losses when the oil price is low. When the oil price
is low for a sustained period, a government subsidy regime will be
triggered to cover the losses of enterprises. The new policies were
jointly issued by the NDRC, the ministries of finance and
agriculture, the State Administration of Taxation, the State Forestry
Administration. The government will also provide subsidies to
developers of raw material supply bases for the bio-energy and
bio-chemical industries, particularly those using non-arable land.
Subsidies will also be available to model projects with significant
technical innovations. ... The country produced 1.02 million tons of
bio-ethanol from corn and other raw materials in 2005. The ethanol is
added to petrol at a ratio of 1:10 for use in automobiles.
The
government estimates that by 2010, ethanol-mix petrol will account
for half of China's petrol consumption. Large firms, such as the
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the China National
Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp (COFCO), have announced ambitious
plans for bio-energy investments. CNPC has signed an agreement with
the government of Sichuan Province in southwest China to develop
facilities to produce 600,000 tons of automotive-grade ethanol from
sweet potatoes each year and 100,000 tons bio-diesel made from the
seeds of the jatropha curcas tree. COFCO said in October it would
invest one billion yuan (US$126 million) to build a major ethanol
plant in Guangxi region, also in southwest China. The plant, with a
capacity of 400,000 tons, will lift 1.1 million farmers out of
poverty by growing cassava as the raw material for the plant ...
http://china.org.cn/english/BAT/190786.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061201_chinaorgcn_biokraftstoff.pdf
Reports:
CNPC to Ink US$7 Mln Russian Deal.
...
According to yesterday's China Business News, the China National
Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has hammered out a preliminary agreement
with its Russian counterpart South Ural Oil Group to establish its
second joint venture in Russia. It's likely the final contract will
be inked later this year or in early 2007, the report said. If
sealed, the deal will result in a CNPC investment ranging from US$7
million to US$7.5 million, according to Russian media. That's not a
huge investment but is in line with Russian energy laws and
regulations which state that only by cooperating with local partners
can foreign oil companies extract natural resources in the country.
...
http://china.org.cn/english/BAT/190785.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061201_chinaorgcn_erdoel_russland.pdf
China's
Power Generation Capacity Reaches 580 mln kw.
China's
installed power generation capacity rose 18.4 percent year-on-year to
reach 580 million kw at the end of October, said an official with the
State Grid Corporation of China. ... China's power supply shortages
would ease this year. Statistics show that China produced 2,011
billion kwhs of electricity in the first three quarters, up 12.9
percent from the same period last year. More generators producing 75
million kw will go into operation next year. Investment in grid
construction will be about 200 billion yuan (around US$25.47 billion)
this year and next, according to the government plan of power supply.
The China Electricity Council (CEC) announced that China's power
generation capacity will exceed 600 million kw by the end of this
year.
http://china.org.cn/english/BAT/190504.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061129_chinaorgcn_strom.pdf
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION / ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING:
China Launches World's Biggest Agricultural Census.
China
launched a month-long promotion campaign Saturday for its second
agricultural census ... The national investigation will last from
January 1 next year to the end of April, covering more than 200
million rural households and employing over 7 million investigators.
Information will be collected mainly through on-the-spot inquiries
about agricultural production, employment, migration, environmental
conditions, use of land, fixed-asset investment and quality of life
in rural areas. ... China carried out the first agricultural census
in 1996. Since then, the Chinese government has adopted a series of
policies to protect farmer's interests, including abolishing
agricultural taxes, providing subsidies and setting a minimum price
for grain and a maximum price for fertilizers. Official data show the
per capita cash income of Chinese farmers in the first nine months of
the year reached 2,762 yuan (US$345), up 11.4 percent year on year.
http://china.org.cn/english/news/190241.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061126_chinaorgcn_LW_Zensus.pdf
FOOD SAFETY /
HEALTH / NUTRITION:
Overweight and Hypertension Hit China.
Henk
Bekedam, WHO's Beijing representative, claimed on last Wednesday that
23% of Chinese citizens are overweight, and the government has had to
implement effective measures aiming to keep people slim. On the
speech made during a seminar on obesity in Beijing, Dr. Bekedam also
revealed that more than 33% of Chinese adults suffer from
hypertensions, more than 42 million people will suffer from diabetes
in 2030, and there are still 320 million smokers in China. ...
several factors make Chinese people overweight, like unhealthy diet
habit, high cholesterol taking and excessive drinking and smoking. A
survey shows that the mortality of cardiovascular diseases aged
between 35 to 64 is 22% in China, compared to 12% in the USA. ...
http://china.org.cn/english/health/190385.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061128_chinaorgcn_uebergewicht.pdf
NATURE
CONSERVATION / BIODIVERSITY / ANIMAL PROTECTION:
Kein UNO-Verbot der Grundschleppnetzfischerei.
Mit ihrem
Nein haben vier Fischereistaaten ein geplantes UNO-Verbot der
Grundschleppnetzfischerei verhindert. Russland, Island, China und
S¨¹dkorea stimmten nach wochenlangen Beratungen in New York gegen
einen Resolutionsentwurf, der den unkontrollierten Fischfang mit
Netzen am Meeresboden untersagen sollte. Laut einem Bericht der
US-Akademie der Wissenschaften aus dem Jahr 2002 werden durch
Grundschleppnetzfischerei zahlreiche Lebewesen auf dem Meeresgrund
vernichtet. Unterst¨¹tzt hatten ein Moratorium unter anderem die
USA, Grossbritannien, Norwegen, Australien und Neuseeland. Da sich
der zuständige UNO-Ausschuss nicht einstimmig f¨¹r den
Entwurf aussprach, wird das Dokument vermutlich nicht an die
Vollversammlung weitergeleitet. Mehr als 60 Umweltschutzgruppen
hatten sich zwei Jahre lang um ein Verbot unkontrollierter
Grundschleppnetzfischerei bem¨¹ht. Schätzungsweise 200 bis
300 Fischereifahrzeuge aus elf Ländern betreiben
Grundschleppnetzfischerei.
http://www.baz.ch/news/index.cfm?ObjectID=1E859083-1422-0CEF-703F6387F306A236&,
Zugriff 27.11.2006, 061125_baz_fischerei.pdf
Eating
Endangered Alligator Tests the Ethics of Conservation.
... The
Huifu Fine-food Restaurant, in Huangshan City, started serving
Chinese alligator meat on Monday with the approval of the State
Forestry Administration (SFA). An official with the SFA would only
say that Chinese alligators can be used for commercial purposes even
though they are listed under the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The alligator meat comes
from a breeding center that has apparently become too successful.
While experts estimate there are only 150 Chinese alligators in the
wild, the center has raised 10,000 of them. It started breeding the
reptiles in 1979 with a stock of just 200. More than 1,500 are
hatched at the center each year. The manager of the restaurant said
he signed an agreement with the Xuancheng Chinese Alligator Breeding
and Research Center to provide 200 kilograms of alligator meat a
year. A source with the center said they¡¯ve also made belts and
shoes from the hides of the alligators. ... "The number of
Chinese alligators in captivity has surpassed 10,000 but the number
is far from enough to allow their slaughter," said Lu Shunqing,
an amphibian reptile expert with the Huangshan College based in Anhui
Province. ... With 1,500 reptiles hatched each year their number has
surpassed the mark set for endangered species, said a source with the
breeding center ...
http://china.org.cn/english/environment/190847.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061201_chinaorgcn_alligatoren.pdf
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH:
Gesundheitsgefährdung und Ausbeutung in Handy-Fabriken.
Von Daniel AJ Sokolov.
Erbärmliche Zustände in asiatischen Handy-Fabriken deckt
die niederländische Organisation SOMO (centre for research on
multinational corporations) auf. Bei Inspektionen vor Ort haben die
Experten der Nichtregierungsorganisation verschiedene Missstände
festgestellt. In manchen Fertigungsstätten sind die Arbeiter
ohne entsprechenden Schutz hochgiftigen Substanzen ausgesetzt;
anderswo werden die Mitarbeiter weit unter dem Mindestlohn bezahlt
oder zu rechtswidrig vielen Überstunden gezwungen. Die
Unterdr¨¹ckung von Gewerkschaften und herabw¨¹rdigende
Behandlung vervollständigen das Bild. SOMO erstellt derzeit
einen Bericht, der die offizielle Politik (CSR) der f¨¹nf größten
Handyhersteller Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson und LG mit
den tatsächlichen Arbeitsbedingungen in Fabriken in China,
Indien, Thailand sowie auf den Philippinen vergleicht. Das Ergebnis
fällt verheerend aus. ...
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/81650,
Zugriff 03.12.2006, 061128_heiseonline_handyfabriken.pdf
RADIATION:
Beijing to move polluting radio, TV masts from downtown.
... Two China National
Radio towers and a Beijing Radio mast in Chaoyang District, as well
as a backup China Central TV tower in Yuetan Park, will all be moved,
said Du Shaozhong, deputy director of the Beijing Environmental
Protection Bureau. "Electromagnetic radiation from the four
towers is within limits, but they represent too high an
electromagnetic radiation risk for densely-populated nearby
residential areas," said Du. ... In the next five years, Beijing
will impose strict environmental protection requirements on the
location of new electromagnetic radiation facilities ... The capital
would also deal with other polluting emission masts, relocating them
as necessary ... A radioactive waste storehouse in the suburbs of
Beijing will soon be completed and commissioned ...
http://english.sepa.gov.cn/zwxx/hjyw/200611/t20061130_96770.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061130_sepa_elektromagnetische_Strahlung.pdf
WASTE
MANAGEMENT / CIRCULAR ECONOMY / RAW MATERIALS:
China moves to slash outdated iron, steel production.
... Under
the National Development and Reform Commission's (NDRC) restructuring
plan for the steel industry, China will scale back iron and steel
production by about 100 million tons in the next five years to
eliminate redundant production. The first group of 26 firms in north
China's Hebei Province will cut iron production by 3.98 million tons
and steel production by 3.73 million tons. ... Hebei's crude steel
output will reach 90 million tons in 2006, 21 percent of the national
total. The NDRC has criticized Hebei's irrational approval of
investment in a raft of low-quality projects, describing them as a
"blight" on the province. According to NDRC figures, Hebei
has 88 steel makers whose production capacity is only 839,000 tons on
average. It also has the worst water shortages in China and local
steel makers -- with their huge consumption of water -- are being
blamed for this situation. The province has been ordered to cut iron
production by 45 percent and steel production by 27 percent in this
round of industrial restructuring. According to statistics from the
the State Information Center, China's crude steel output totaled
36.162 million tons in September, a rise of 18.5 percent year on year
and up 2 percent on August. The China Iron and Steel Association
believes that supply and demand in the domestic steel market will be
balanced next year, thanks to the government's step-by-step
production cuts and buoyant demand for domestic steel.
http://english.people.com.cn//200611/30/eng20061130_326861.html,
accessed 03.12.2006, 061130_peoplesdaily_stahl.pdf
Over-production
Risk in Coal Industry Warned.
With a
yearly production of three billion tons, China's coal industry will
face serious over-production problems in future, warned Pu Hongjiu,
vice president of the China National Coal Association (CNCA) ...
China's coal demand is expected to reach only 2.5 billion tons in
2010, much lower than the current output ... CNCA statistics show the
industry realized fix asset investments of 300.5 billion yuan in the
10th Five-year Plan period (2001-2005), 55.5 billion yuan more than
in the previous 40years. Coal demand in the power generation industry
is expected to see a moderate increase in 2007, and the country's
total coal demand next year will increase just 150 million tons ...
Meanwhile, the government had cancelled tax rebates and levied a
tariff on exports, which discouraged exports, increased domestic
supply and worsened the overproduction problem ... Figures show in
the first ten months, China exported 52.5 million tons of coal, 13.6
percent down from the same period last year, and imports reached 23.4
million tons, up 42 percent. CNCA statistics show China's coal output
was 1.37 billion tons in 1996, and the figure soared to 2.15 billion
tons in 2005.
http://china.org.cn/english/China/190549.htm,
accessed 04.12.2006, 061129_chinaorgcn_kohle.pdf
WATER
MANAGEMENT / WATER POLLUTION / ECOLOGY / FORESTRY:
Beijing Reservoir Unfit Even For Irrigation - Report.
Water from a reservoir
that serves as Beijing's fourth-biggest source of drinking water is
unfit even for irrigation, state media reported on Tuesday,
underlining the gravity of China's water pollution problem. The
official Xinhua news agency cited a report by the Beijing Municipal
Environmental Protection Bureau as saying that water in the Guanting
reservoir fell short of standards for level five on the country's
scale of water quality. ...
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39201/story.htm,
accessed 03.12.2006, 061129_peoplesdaily_TW_beijing.pdf
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