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Jul 15, 2024 | 
eco-business.com | Xia Zhijian
In March, a court in Xiangshan, Zhejiang province, sentenced two people to eight months in prison for fishing with prohibited gear during the closed season. Their trawl nets were confiscated, and they had to return the money earned and pay over CNY 56,000 (US$7,700) in compensation for damaging ecosystem functions and fish stocks.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
dialogue.earth | Xia Zhijian |Zhijian Xia
In March, a court in Xiangshan, Zhejiang province, sentenced two people to eight months in prison for fishing with prohibited gear during the closed season. Their trawl nets were confiscated, and they had to return the money earned and pay over CNY 56,000 (USD 7,700) in compensation for damaging ecosystem functions and fish stocks.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
dialogue.earth | Xia Zhijian
More than 7,000 people have been evacuated after the failure of an earthen dam on Dongting Lake in Hunan province, Jiemian reported. The breach took three days to patch up, according to Xinhua News. On 5 July, a resident of Tuanzhouyuan, a village near the dam, noticed water leaking into his house, a dangerous sign of a dam internally eroding. When he told the village cadre, the local government tried to block the leak, but the breach occurred two hours later, The Paper reported.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
dialogue.earth | Xia Zhijian
People in north China have experienced an unusually hot Dragon Boat Festival (8-10 June), and the extreme weather is continuing. Since 8 June, daily temperatures in a large part of the region have reached or exceeded 35C. The heatwave is expected to last at least six days, with 10-13 June the hottest period, according to the China Meteorological Administration (CMA).
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May 15, 2024 | 
dialogue.earth | Xia Zhijian
Twenty Siberian tigers died in poor conditions in Fuyang zoo, Anhui province, between 2019 and 2023, China Philanthropist reported on 13 May after an investigation. Sixteen Siberian tigers are still alive but have been kept in small outdoor cages for years. Other tigers and lions are in rooms without natural light. Asian black bears have also been confined in small cages, becoming bald due to friction against the bars, China Philanthropist found.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
eco-business.com | Xia Zhijian
Following the emergence of Covid-19 and its impacts, China put a strong emphasis on coal power and energy-intensive heavy industry to secure energy security and GDP growth. This has put it a long way off reaching its 2025 targets for energy and carbon intensity. How can China ensure these decisions do not make it more difficult to achieve peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060?
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
reporteasia.com | Xia Zhijian
Siguiendo la aparición de Covid-19 y sus impactos, China puso un fuerte énfasis en la energía del carbón y la industria pesada intensiva en energía para asegurar la seguridad energética y el crecimiento del PIB. Esto la ha alejado bastante de alcanzar sus objetivos para 2025 en cuanto a intensidad energética y de carbono. ¿Cómo puede China asegurarse de que estas decisiones no dificulten aún más alcanzar el pico de emisiones de carbono para 2030 y la neutralidad de carbono para 2060?
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
dialogue.earth | Xia Zhijian |Zhijian Xia
Following the emergence of Covid-19 and its impacts, China put a strong emphasis on coal power and energy-intensive heavy industry to secure energy security and GDP growth. This has put it a long way off reaching its 2025 targets for energy and carbon intensity. How can China ensure these decisions do not make it more difficult to achieve peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060?
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
dialogue.earth | Xia Zhijian |Zhijian Xia
As climate change brings warmer, more acidic waters to China, its offshore fish stocks are coming under pressure. A number of fish populations – including the large yellow croaker, sea bream and sandlance – are at risk, according to a study by researchers based in the US and China, and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Ocean warming has been more pronounced in China’s offshore waters than almost anywhere else.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
chinadialogueocean.net | Xia Zhijian
As climate change brings warmer, more acidic waters to China, its offshore fish stocks are coming under pressure. A number of fish populations – including the large yellow croaker, sea bream and sandlance – are at risk, according to a study by researchers based in the US and China, and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Ocean warming has been more pronounced in China’s offshore waters than almost anywhere else.
