China paying dearly
for cleaner rivers
The world's largest water consumer is also one of the world's worst water polluters and China's public is growing more vocal about local governments and businesses selling them down the dirty river for economic gain. But some officials are beginning to clamp down, even if it hurts the economy. - Candy Zeng
What 'resource wars'?
The specter of energy-rooted "resource wars" is popular fear-fare these days, but the reality is more prosaic. While commercial friction is common, as in China National Offshore Oil Corporation's failed bid to acquire US-based Unocal, such hostilities usually originate elsewhere, such as in a paucity of good governance.
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