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Pesticides: the secret ingredient in Chinese herbal products?

Pesticides: the secret ingredient in Chinese herbal products?

Blog entry by Eric Darier | 24 June, 2013 16 comments

Traditional Chinese herbs have a strong reputation for their medicinal benefits, but a Greenpeace East Asia investigation has revealed that these herbs are coated in a toxic cocktail of pesticide residues, posing long-term health risks...

Increasing rejection of GE Food in China

Press release | 26 April, 2004 at 2:00

Seventy-eight food brands in China, the world's largest food market announced today they are now officially committed to not selling genetically engineered (GE) food. These non-GE brands are listed in the Shoppers' Guide to Avoiding GE Food,...

World’s biggest coal company Shenhua to stop exploiting groundwater in China

Press release | 8 April, 2014 at 13:12

Beijing, 8 April 2014 – The Shenhua Group, the world's biggest coal producer by volume, is to stop extracting groundwater for their flagship coal-to-liquid project in Inner Mongolia’s Ordos - an area struggling with severe water shortages...

Exposed: toxic pesticides cocktail revealed in traditional Chinese herbs

Press release | 24 June, 2013 at 8:12

Beijing, June 24, 2013 – Greenpeace East Asia tests on 65 traditional Chinese herbal products have exposed a toxic cocktail of pesticide residues, some of them illegal in China, highlighting the need to end the use of industrial agricultural...

A summary of research on the impacts of Bt cotton in China

Publication | 4 June, 2002 at 2:00

This report shows the adverse environmental impacts of cultivation of genetically engineered Bt cotton in China.

Greenpeace Briefing: China - taking action on climate change

Publication | 24 September, 2007 at 2:00

What China is doing in response to climate change?

China Forest Rescue Station

China Forest Rescue Station

Background | 8 October, 2007 at 14:35

Every second tropical tree traded in the world is sent to China, where it is processed into cheap furniture, flooring and plywood for local use or for export to Europe, the USA, Australia, Japan and South Korea.Much of the wood comes from the...

Chinese Power Companies called out

Chinese Power Companies called out

Feature story | 28 July, 2009 at 20:19

Activists at one of Beijing’s dirtiest coal fired power plants are the latest to take action in the global call for an Energy [R]evolution, demanding an end to dirty energy and immediate action on climate change from Heads of State and top power...

Clean air doesn't come to those who wait

Clean air doesn't come to those who wait

Blog entry by Zhang Kai | 22 January, 2015 7 comments

"One thing that fascinated and shocked me the most was the fact that even on smoggy days, people still lived their lives as usual," said Chinese film director Jia Zhangke last week as the air outside in Beijing was a thick, soupy grey.

Historic US-China deal marks the beginning of the end of China’s coal chapter

Historic US-China deal marks the beginning of the end of China’s coal chapter

Blog entry by Li Shuo | 12 November, 2014 4 comments

Today could be the most important day so far this century in climate and energy politics. China and United States have come to an historic agreement , negotiated privately over a period of months, that represents China's first...

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