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World’s Longest Aerial Bike Path Inspired by Middle School Students

World’s Longest Aerial Bike Path Inspired by Middle School Students

The longest aerial bike path in the world opened late January for a trial run in the Xiamen province of China. The concept for this path was designed about eight years ago by middle school students in the annual Xiamen City Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition. The aerial bike path offers an alternative travel […]

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    China Seizes Massive Amount of Pangolin Scales in Biggest-Ever Smuggling Case

    China Seizes Massive Amount of Pangolin Scales in Biggest-Ever Smuggling Case

    By Shreya Dasgupta Pangolin—the world’s most trafficked mammal—continues to be killed in huge numbers. On Wednesday, Chinese customs officials announced that they had seized more than three metric tons (3,000 kilograms or 6,600 pounds) of pangolin scales in Shanghai. This is the country’s largest-ever smuggling case involving pangolin parts, officials reportedly said. Customs officials discovered […]

    Victory: China to Ban Ivory Trade by End of 2017

    Victory: China to Ban Ivory Trade by End of 2017

    By Elly Pepper In what may be the biggest sign of hope for elephants since the current poaching crisis began, the Chinese government, today, announced a one-year timeline for its promised domestic ivory ban. According to the notice, China will begin phasing out registered legal ivory processors and traders by March 31, 2017 and shut […]

    Trump’s Pick for China Ambassador a ‘Big Gift to Big Ag’

    Trump’s Pick for China Ambassador a ‘Big Gift to Big Ag’

    Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has been nominated to serve as U .S. Ambassador to China in Donald Trump‘s Administration, a pick that has some of Big Ag’s biggest players celebrating. Donald Trump has chosen Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as ambassador to China. Twitter Branstad is the longest-serving governor in U.S. history with 22 non-consecutive years […]

    China to Trump: No, We Didn’t Invent Climate Change

    China to Trump: No, We Didn’t Invent Climate Change

    In a briefing with reporters, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin noted that Donald Trump‘s now-infamous Tweet that global warming is a hoax created by the Chinese could not possibly be true. “If you look at the history of climate change negotiations, actually it was initiated by the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] with […]

    Shocking Photos Show China’s Largest Freshwater Lake Is Drying Up Fast

    Shocking Photos Show China’s Largest Freshwater Lake Is Drying Up Fast

    China’s Poyang Lake, which was swollen by El Nino rains earlier this year, has dried up dramatically since mid-September as the region’s dry season arrived 54 days ahead of schedule. The freshwater lake, which can grow to 1,737 square miles—big enough to cover an area larger than Rhode Island—sees regular seasonal variations but has started […]

    Chinese Officials Arrested for Stuffing Cotton Gauze Into Air Monitoring Equipment to Falsify Results

    Chinese Officials Arrested for Stuffing Cotton Gauze Into Air Monitoring Equipment to Falsify Results

    Environmental officials in China‘s northern city of Xi’an have been detained for altering air quality monitoring results in order to avoid penalties for high pollution in their area. Lu Guang / Greenpeace According to media reports, five officials—including He Limin, the chief of the Environmental Protection Bureau for the city—were arrested for their involvement in […]