Announcement from my colleague at the World Resources Institute, Ray Cheung: Disruptive Green Innovation New Ventures China 2009 Forum July 24th, 2009 Beijing, China For more information and to register: http://www.new-ventures.org.cn/forum2009/intro_en.html INVITATION The World Resources Institute and the DAO Institute of Environment and Development cordially invite you to the New Ventures China Disruptive Green Innovation [...]
Originally posted on TheCityFix.com. From TIME.com: On the Streets of China, Electric Bikes Are Swarming June 14, 2009 By Austin Ramzy In China, electric bicycles are leaving cars in the dust. Last year, Chinese bought 21 million e-bikes, compared with 9.4 million autos. While China now has about 25 million cars on the road, it [...]
Originally published on TheCityFix.com: Chinese car designer Tang Hua unveiled this peculiar electric concept car, named “Detroit Fish,” at the North American International Auto Show in 2008. Photo by GmanViz. Step aside, Japan. Don’t even try, Detroit. China has plans to corner the electric car market. From the New York Times: Chinese leaders have adopted [...]
Environmental China Published by PACE (Professional Association for China’s Environment) A weekly update of China’s environmental news and analysis from PACE (www.pacechina.net) By CC Huang Welcome to Environmental China, PACE’s e-mail newsletter devoted to giving interested readers a comprehensive update of news concerning China’s environment. This newsletter will be sorted first with an Opinion section, [...]
(Originally published on TheCityFix.com) James Fallows of the Atlantic recently blogged about “today’s enormous, expanding Chinese cities,” comparing the more intimate architecture of Shanghai to the sprawling concrete slabs in Beijing. “This is not a ‘which do you like better?’ discussion,” he emphasizes. Rather the question is why the look and feel of Beijing seem [...]