WWF-US / J.J. Huckin The Yangtze River flows for 6,300km, more than halfway across China. Its river basin is around 1.8 million sq km – almost a fifth of China's land area. As China’s economy has ...

Heavy metal contamination in Yangshan Port raises concerns for seafood safety, with arsenic and mercury posing health risks.

OPINIONBy Nnanda Kizito Sseruwagi Recently, I set out to study the economic analysis of China’s transport system. Many writers I read considered the impact of transportation infrastructure on China's ...

Along the Pearl River in southern China, a fast-growing industry is churning out cheap clothes and toys that are flooding the world duty-free.

“Our findings suggest that the largest incident burden of lung adenocarcinoma attributable to ambient PM pollution is in East Asia, especially in China,” the scientists involved in the study wrot ...

The number of new marriages recorded in China fell to a record low last year, despite sweeping government efforts to encourage young people to tie the knot and have babies to halt demographic ...

The pollution in the dry season in Thailand has ... trying to counter that by offering free public transport. Winds from China and India have also contributed to the recent haze - earlier and ...

Amazon’s Indigenous lands in Brazil prevent disease, absorb pollution and ... as the largest river in the world by volume, discharging more than the Nile, the Yangtze and the Mississippi combined.

Feb. 10, 2025 — New research has found exposure to outdoor air pollution and extreme temperatures during pregnancy may increase the risk of prolonged pregnancy, offering new insights into the ...

Electric Vehicle Transition Could Create Unwanted Air Pollution Hotspots in China and India Dec. 16, 2024 — New research has uncovered a potential unintended consequence of the electric vehicle ...

No arrests have been made, but those questioned must follow confidentiality rules. Rights groups warn China is expanding its pressure tactics by targeting activists' families and former colleagues.