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1. News - China

   Xi warns officials they'll be held responsible for pollution 'for life'

   Posted May 25th 2013, 12:00am by STEPHEN CHEN

   ... a project that causes serious pollution, President Xi Jinping said yesterday. An environmentalist said it was the toughest warning yet linking officials' political future to their stewardship of the environment. In a Politburo study session on environmental issues, Xi said pollution had become a major concern of the people and China could no longer develop its economy by sacrificing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1245558/xi-jinping-warns-officials-theyll-be-held-responsible-pollution-life
2. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   Green activists spend 100,000 yuan on NY Times ad aimed at Xi's environmental policy

   Posted Dec 07th 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... and I still have to suffer from constant police harassment two years after my release, I am still hopeful that Xi and his generation of leaders will be different from their predecessors," he ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1099417/green-activists-spend-100000-yuan-ny-times-ad-aimed-xis-environmental
3. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   Air quality in Beijing second worst out of 31 mainland cities

   Posted Apr 12th 2013, 12:00am by STEPHEN CHEN

   ... it before June to welcome the visit of President Xi Jinping to the Fortune Global Forum [to be held by Fortune magazine from June 6-8]." Tianjin blamed its decline in air quality ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1212552/air-quality-beijing-second-worst-out-31-mainland-cities
4. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   Smog in north shows problem is being ignored, say activists

   Posted Jan 13th 2013, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... said. The new leadership, led by Communist Party chief Xi Jinping and premier-in-waiting Li Keqiang , should intervene and tackle the smog issue, Zhou said. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1126726/smog-north-shows-problem-being-ignored-say-activists
5. Corrections & clarifications

   Posted Aug 08th 2007, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... chief insists Shanghai will reap rewards from Expo' on page A4 on Monday, the name of Shanghai Party Secretary Xi Jinping was misspelled. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/603428/corrections-clarifications
6. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   China's heavy metal and chemical pollution worsening

   Posted Jan 06th 2013, 12:00am by Li Jing

   ... respected and implemented," Wang Canfa added. Some environmentalists have pinned their hopes on the new leadership, led by Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping, which has pledged ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1120912/chinas-heavy-metal-and-chemical-pollution-worsening
7. Xi urges Asian nations to co-operate

   Posted Apr 11th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Asian countries should deepen co-operation and pursue a more sustainable pattern of development, Vice-President Xi Jinping said yesterday at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum. The nations should further open up to each other and firmly oppose all forms of protectionism, Xi said in the keynote speech. The forum has been held in the southern province of Hainan annually since ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/711092/xi-urges-asian-nations-co-operate
8. Comment - Blogs

   China burning as much coal as rest of world combined

   Posted Jan 30th 2013, 07:40am by John Kennedy

   ... can smoke for free anywhere you go by taking two breaths of air,” she wrote. Declaring war on civilians? In a show of force of the Armed Police, Xi ordered them to be ready for imminent ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1139077/china-now-matches-rest-world-combined-annual-coal-consumption
9. Joint pact urged on deep-sea oilfields

   Posted Jul 05th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Councillor Dai Bingguo, and also had a phone conversation with Vice-President Xi Jinping . China lodged a formal complaint about the presence of Japanese fishing boats around the disputed Diaoyu ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/972581/joint-pact-urged-deep-sea-oilfields
10. Dam plan speeded up despite warnings

    Posted Feb 29th 2012, 12:00am

    ... a commitment by Vice-President Xi Jinping during his recent visit to the US about protecting the biodiversity of the Yangtze, Yang said. Although the project is subject to final approval ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/993977/dam-plan-speeded-despite-warnings

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