Archive for the 'China' Category

China Coal Industry Poster Boy

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in China, Environment

This is after one day’s work in the mines. The guy is taking a bath to get all the soot off of his body. That’s just insane.
And as Speigel Online reports:
hina’s coal industry is the world’s most dangerous, as measured by the number of miners who are killed per year. In the first 10 months [...]

November 14th, 2007 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Would You Pay More?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 1000 Words, China, Economy, Money

Even though I believe in global markets, I would.

September 4th, 2007 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

More Problems With Chinese Goods

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in China, Consumer Safety, Economy, The World, Video

This time its maggots in chocolate?
Listen, it’s not like American made goods haven’t had problems, but China is really taking it on the chin lately and for good reason. Consumers are becoming increasingly more uncomfortable trusting their health to a country with seemingly such lax standards on what they export.
From Reuters:

Courtesy of TheNewsRoom.

September 3rd, 2007 | Permalink| No Comments »

500 Million Chinese Need Drinkable Water?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in China, Environment

Have we made a deal with the devil?
From NY Times:
Environmental degradation is now so severe, with such stark domestic and international repercussions, that pollution poses not only a major long-term burden on the Chinese public but also an acute political challenge to the ruling Communist Party. And it is not clear that China can rein [...]

August 26th, 2007 | Permalink| 24 Comments »