China environmental issues

The pandemic has pushed people globally to reconnect with nature, and in China, that has unfortunately resulted in an epidemic of litter in the nation’s wild spaces. But there are reasons for optimism.

Chinese firms are moving in the right direction, but they lag behind Western firms that must follow ESG goals in order to compete.

Demand -- for lumber, meat, soybeans, and other goods -- is driving deforestation around the world. And China is a major customer. 

The war of words comes amid disputes over trade, technology, Hong Kong and Taiwan, spying accusations and more that has driven the bilateral relationship to its lowest point in decades. 

Wuhan residents protested the construction of a waste-to-energy plant, repeating a pattern seen elsewhere in China in recent years.

Beijing’s capacity – and willingness – to lead on climate change are being tested.

Amid tensions with the United States, there are dark clouds ahead of China’s climate agenda.

How fast can China develop a “green, low carbon power system”?

Finless porpoises are disappearing from the Yangtze River and East China Sea. One woman is trying to save them.

Beijing is fundamentally changing its environmental governance, but will it work?

China's green inspection teams just wrapped up a two-year, nationwide inspection.

A program to ban coal heating and switch to gas left households in the cold. What happened?

Feudalism and imperialism are gone, but China faces new 'mountains': social and environmental issues.

The pragmatic approach preferred by environmental activists is put to the test by the crisis of climate change.

While China can be conceptualized as 12 distinct regions, that doesn't mean the country is going to split apart.

The U.S. and Japan are the two biggest exporters of plastic waste to China.

The death of the $180 million shopping complex highlights stumbling blocks to closer economic cooperation.

Qing Dynasty conquests led to an unprecedented rush for resources, but also laid the roots for modern conservation.

Enforcement remains a major problem.

The arbitral tribunal rules that significant environmental damage has been done -- and China is to blame.

China's "green financing" could be the key to making sure the Paris agreement comes to fruition.

Poisoned students at a school in Jiangsu stir up memories of a similar incident in the United States in the 1970s.

Five months after Xi Jinping promised to ban the ivory trade, what progress has China made?

For the first time, Beijing issues its highest air pollution warning.