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1. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   Changzhi mayor apologises for silence over aniline spill in Zhuozhang River

   Posted Jan 08th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... for hundreds of thousands of people. The statement by Changzhi Mayor Zhang Bao follows a days-long public uproar over the aniline leak at a chemical plant on the Zhuozhang River last Monday, which ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122453/changzhi-mayor-apologises-silence-over-aniline-spill-zhuozhang-river
2. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   China's deadly water problem

   Posted Mar 26th 2013, 12:00am by MATTHEW GARLAND

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Dead pigs Huangpu River Water Pollution Water Supply Water Resources Drinking Water Pollution in China Matthew Garland Matthew Garland says the dead pigs ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1199574/chinas-deadly-water-problem
3. News - Asia - NEPAL

   21 injured in Nepal plane crash

   Posted May 16th 2013, 03:36pm by AFP

   ... News Asia Jomsom Mustang Kali Gandaki river Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu Twenty-one people were hurt, including eight Japanese tourists, when a small plane skidded off a Nepal airport runway on Thursday and plunged into a river, police said. All 21 people aboard the Nepal Airlines Twin Otter aircraft were injured, five seriously, police spokesman Keshav Adhikari said. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1238954/21-injured-nepal-plane-crash
4. News - China

   Environment ministry approves China’s biggest hydro dam

   Posted May 15th 2013, 06:15pm by Reuters

   ... News China Hydroelectricity Dadu River Sichuan province Guodian Group Reuters in Beijing China’s environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country’s tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish. The dam, with a height of 314 metres, will serve the hydropower project on the Dadu River ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1238348/china-gives-environmental-approval-countrys-biggest-hydro-dam
5. News - Hong Kong - SMUGGLING

   HK$60m of contraband electronics seized from ship on Pearl River Delta

   Posted May 18th 2013, 07:26pm by JOLIE HO

   ... News Hong Kong Smuggling Contraband Electronics Pearl River Delta Customs and Excise Department Jolie Ho jolie.ho@scmp.com Customs officers impound electronic goods and endangered-animal parts in biggest haul for five years from vessel on Pearl River Delta Customs officers made their biggest seizure in five years from a commercial vessel in the Pearl River Delta after finding ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1240687/customs-seize-hk60m-worth-smuggled-goods
6. News - China - PEARL BRIEFING

   Dongguan's manufacturing reputation fades but sex industry thrives

   Posted Apr 27th 2013, 12:00am by Mimi Lau

   ... model based on manufacturing for export fared Dongguan and the Pearl River Delta well for a long time, with economic output growing at double-digit rates for years. Then, as the global financial ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1224136/dongguans-manufacturing-reputation-fades-sex-industry-thrives
7. News - China - INFRASTRUCTURE

   Dam breached in Shanxi leads to flooding and evacuation

   Posted Feb 17th 2013, 12:00am by ZHUANG PINGHUI

   ... days to issue a public warning after nine tonnes of the industrial chemical aniline spilled into the Zhuozhang River last month. The Shanxi government was also criticised for waiting eight days ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1152009/dam-breached-shanxi-leads-flooding-and-evacuation
8. Business - Banking & Finance - BANKING

   Bad loans fallout tipped to spread as risks grow

   Posted May 08th 2013, 12:00am by Daniel Ren

   ... Business Banking & Finance Non-performing Loans Yangtze River Delta Daniel Ren in Shanghai ren.wei@scmp.com The mainland's non-performing loan woes, now affecting banking branches in the Yangtze River Delta, is expected to spread to other eastern coastal areas such as Shandong, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu warns. Playing down the chances of a bad-loan ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1232634/bad-loans-fallout-tipped-spread-risks-grow
9. Lifestyle - Technology - ECOLOGY

   Mekong area as lost third of its forest cover since 1970s, WWF finds

   Posted May 05th 2013, 12:00am by GUARDIAN

   ... The report on ecosystems in the greater Mekong River area warns that these countries risk losing more than one-third of their remaining forest cover within the next two decades if they fail ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1230186/mekong-area-lost-third-its-forest-cover-1970s-wwf-finds
10. News - China - COURTS

    Hebei swimming club sues Shanxi chemical company over toxic spill

    Posted Jan 10th 2013, 12:00am by LAURA ZHOU

    ... the [upstream] companies an alert, demanding they take the [pollution] issues seriously." Shi said swimmers had been warned to stay away from the Zhuozhang River and the Yuecheng Reservoir, where water was contaminated by aniline from an upstream chemical plant in Changzhi , Shanxi. The association also demanded the company eliminate production risks and thoroughly clean up the river ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1124159/hebei-swimming-club-sues-shanxi-chemical-company-over-toxic-spill

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