by Angel Hsu | Jan 5, 2011 | China, Climate, Energy
This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.org and the World Resources Institute website, as well as Grist.org. By Deborah Seligsohn and Angel Hsu 2011 will be a big year for climate and energy policy development in China, so we thought we’d highlight some of the key...
by Angel Hsu | Jan 5, 2011 | Air quality, China, Data
China’s National Environmental Monitoring Center (CNEMC) now has real-time, hourly air quality data for 113 major Chinese cities, available here. Concentrations in (mg/m3) are reported for major pollutants sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and...
by Angel Hsu | Dec 30, 2010 | China, Policy, The City Fix
This post originally appeared on The City Fix. One present Santa may have brought a lot of Chinese families this year: a small car. On Tuesday, the Chinese government announced a 10 percent sales tax on small cars effective January 1, sending many who had planned to...
by Angel Hsu | Dec 10, 2010 | China, Climate, UNFCCC
This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs. By Angel Hsu and Yupu Zhao In the politics of climate negotiations, which are often steeped in nuance and careful posturing, it’s easy to get lost in translation. On the ground in Cancun, reports have been flying about...
by Angel Hsu | Dec 7, 2010 | China, Climate, UNFCCC
This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs. In the hectic hallway traffic of the Moon Palace Resort, where the UN climate negotiations have been underway since last week, Washington University in St. Louis undergraduates Jiakun Zhao and John Delurey met with lead...
by Angel Hsu | Dec 3, 2010 | China, Climate
“China is still very hurt from last year’s Copenhagen talks,” the lead of the Chinese youth delegation, Lina Li, told me yesterday on one of the many buses shuttling this year’s participants at the UN Climate Summit in Cancun. Her statement...
