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‘Full-on war mode’ to combat Hong Kong Covid-19 outbreak, with Beijing’s backing

February 26, 2022 CEN_com 0

Hong Kong is fighting a war against a wave of surging Covid-19 infections that have swamped hospitals, forced shutdowns across the city, and crippled daily life. Hundreds of medical staff from mainland China sent to treat Hong Kong Covid-19 patients after government invokes emergency law. Officials have put Hong Kong in “full-on war mode”, with help pouring in from mainland China that includes supplies to meet escalating local demand, construction teams to build makeshift […]

Omicron variant: New York City spike also infected wild deer population

February 16, 2022 CEN_com 0

China Environment has previously reported that COVID-19 was rife among populations of wild white-tailed deer in the United States and that the virus had established ‘reservoirs’ in the wild deer population. See Corona virus rife in common US deer and Coronavirus infections increase among deer in US, new study shows. Update: Delta variant in imported hampsters sparks out break in Hong Kong Genomic analysis of viral samples from the hampsters (Syrian […]

US calls for China to adopt policy to kill millions of Chinese by Covid in name of “human rights”

February 11, 2022 CEN_com 0

The following article was published by John Ross in Learning From China. It was orginally appeared in Chinese at Guancha.cn on 29 January 2022.https://www.learningfromchina.net/us-calls-for-china-to-adopt-policy-to-kill-millions-of-chinese-by-covid-in-name-of-human-rights/ ******* Few issues show more clearly the real difference between the pro-human oriented policies of socialism in China and pro-capital oriented policies of the U.S. than the two countries response to the Covid pandemic. The U.S., while verbally proclaiming support for “human rights”, is actively campaigning for a […]

China is winning the battle against air pollution

February 11, 2022 CEN_com 0

National air pollution action plans devised by China have seen significant reductions in pollution levels and associated health risks. Air pollution levels in the main Chinese cities at the beginning of the 1980s were almost exactly at the level of London at the height of the Industrial Revolution in 1890. In response to London’s Great Smog of 1952, the United Kingdom introduced the first air pollution law in the world […]

Fact-checking Western media reports on Beijing Winter Olympics

February 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

With Beijing 2022 approaching, the Western media oligarchies are spreading rumors, speculation and false claims about the green nature of the games, and health and safety. The claims are just more of the politically motivated American racist rubbish typical of the US media oligarchs. Xinhua takes a closer look at the facts reveals that there is no truth behind those claims. ******* BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) — With roughly […]

Tonga eruption may damage environment for years – China sends more disaster assistance

February 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

Ecological damage The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said it was extremely concerned about the potential impact the massive volcanic eruption in Tonga will have on agriculture and fisheries in the area. The FAO noted that around 86 percent of Tonga residents are engaged in some form of agriculture, whether it is through crops, livestock or fisheries. The FAO said ashfall can have detrimental effects on crops and livestock […]

China’s average national air pollution levels down 9.1% in 2021

February 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

Air pollution in 339 Chinese cities improved in 2021, with average concentrations of small, hazardous airborne particles known as PM2.5 down 9.1% from a year earlier to 30 micrograms per cubic metre, official data showed on Monday. China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment said average concentrations of all major pollutants – including ground-level ozone, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide – fell in the 339 monitored cities last year. […]

COVID-19 may have reached Europe as early as 2019: Norwegian study

January 29, 2022 CEN_com 0

[See CGTN: http://www.ecns.cn/…/2022…/detail-ihavfwhh0343767.shtml] New findings by Norwegian researchers show that the novel coronavirus could have arrived in Europe a month earlier than previously thought. This adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting the coronavirus was spreading globally before the first cases in a Wuhan market captured global attention in December 2019. An investigation led the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention ruled the market out as the origin place […]

London ‘systematically and persistently breaching air pollution limits’ since 2010, says European court

January 25, 2022 CEN_com 0

In March 2021, the UK Westminster regime was found guilty by the European Court of Justice of “systematically and persistently” breaching air pollution limits. EU Judges also found that the country failed to see through its legal obligation to put in place sufficient plans to tackle the problem of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution. London has reported illegal levels of air pollution since 2010 and it contributed to around 6,000 excess deaths in the capital in 2019, according […]

Beijing’s air quality has dramatically improved

January 20, 2022 CEN_com 0

The following is an extract from New Statesman: Beijing is now preparing to host the winter games in February 2022. Since 2008 Olympics the Chinese economy has more than tripled in size and annual coal consumption has increased, yet air quality in Beijing continues to improve. Data from the city’s environment bureau shows that between 2013 and 2021 average levels of larger particulates, PM2.5 and PM10, fell by 63.1 per cent and 49.1 per cent respectively. […]