At an executive meeting of the State Council on May 18, China’s key policymakers discussed the Three Gorges Follow-up Plan, a wide-reaching group of policies i

Three years have passed since China introduced legislation confirming the public’s right to access environmental information. But both experts and members of t

Climate change presents the world with massive and potentially devastating challenges. As the world’s two leading economic powerhouses, China and the United St

Reactions worldwide to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accidents in Japan are another reminder that in the era of globalization a nuclear accident anywhere is a n

Earlier this month, after a year of debate, China finally unveiled its green goals for the next five years. On March 5, premier Wen Jiabao presented his “gover

Clean energy and climate protection are integral to China’s economic future, according to the Twelfth Five-Year Plan finalized on March 14. In just five years

Japan’s recent disaster has spurred Chinese regulators to call on the central government for greater supervision amidst China’ rapidly-growing nuclear power i

China’s nuclear industry’s free ride may soon be coming to an end. While nuclear power represents a mere fraction of China’s overall energy use—just over on

The devastation caused by the disastrous 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan and the potential risks from radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant o

In Beijing’s cavernous Great Hall of the People, top leaders and political delegates settled on an ambitious economic course for China, now the world’s second