Environment

2nd July 2015

In Nature’s Name

Government officials have been caught profiting from composing fabricated environmental assessment reports, a practice that the Ministry of Environmental Protection has finally vowed to curb. ChinaReport speaks to whistleblowers who […]
2nd June 2015

Toxic Torrent

An increase in citizen reporting and NGO activity has exposed water pollution as one of the most hazardous side-effects of China’s economic miracle. With heavy-polluting industries often forming the backbone […]
7th May 2015

An Inevitable Flashpoint

An explosion at a controversial PX chemical plant, its second accident in 20 months, has further fuelled criticism of ongoing government support for construction of potentially dangerous and environmentally unproven […]
7th May 2015

Breaking the Silence

An independent documentary discussing China’s air pollution problem, released online in February and erased from most video sharing websites in March, has rekindled debate over how best to tackle the […]