Zhuang Pinghui, SCMP – Updated on Feb 20, 2009 After the capital’s disastrous celebrations, there is public support for a ban on fireworks. But not everyone agrees it will be effective. Because of her job, Wang Qunying has not been able to have a relaxed Lunar New Year celebration for four years. As a security [...]
Posts on ‘February 20th, 2009’
Nation’s First Emissions Exchange Likely To Start Trading By End Of Year
Reuters in Beijing, Updated on Feb 20, 2009 The nation’s first emissions exchange is expected to begin trading by the end of this year as it works out trading procedures and recruits more member firms, a senior exchange executive said yesterday. The Tianjin Climate Exchange was established in September, but acceptance has been slow among [...]
Hillary Clinton’s Visit Unlikely To Yield Breakthrough Over Global Warming, Say Analysts
Shi Jiangtao in Beijing, SCMP – Updated on Feb 20, 2009 As US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in Beijing today, the global media will watch closely to see if Washington’s new-found interest in climate change will result in closer ties between the world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. There has been [...]
Waiting To Inhale
Hong Kong’s worsening air quality has many looking for the exit. By Matt Driskill – GlobalPost – Published: February 20, 2009 13:35 ET HONG KONG – Air pollution in Hong Kong is so bad that one-in-five residents in a recent poll said they were considering leaving the city. That has some here calling that exodus [...]