{"id":2941,"date":"2016-11-18T02:34:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2020-02-07T02:38:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T10:38:03","slug":"friday-five-china-calls-out-trump-and-beijings-smog-worsens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/blog\/2941\/friday-five-china-calls-out-trump-and-beijings-smog-worsens\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Five: China calls out trump and Beijing’s smog worsens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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China to Donald Trump: No, We Didn\u2019t Invent Climate Change<\/a> [Time]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Oh how we LOL-ed when Donald Trump first posted what seemed like just another outlandish tweet<\/a> back in 2012. Four years later, faced with the reality of President Trump, China has responded. <\/p>\n\n

Premier Li Keqiang calls for clean energy system<\/a> [Xinhua]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

China\u2019s Premier Li Keqiang has called for China\u2019s energy mix to develop sustainably which means clean, low-carbon and tackling the curtailment and distribution problems that currently plague China\u2019s renewables industry. The announcement comes one week after China announced its energy 13th Five Year Plan<\/a>, which outlined a disappointing commitment to renewables growth. However, there\u2019s good reason to believe<\/a> that the targets will not only be met, but easily surpassed.    <\/p>\n\n

Read more about how we\u2019re supporting local grassroots renewables projects here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

China’s Singles Day legacy: Mountains of waste<\/a> [CNN Money]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Singles Day <\/a>is over, now all that\u2019s left is for the billions of USD of orders to be packaged and shipped out. China\u2019s State Post Bureau estimates that it will handle 1 billion packages from singles day sales alone-  that\u2019s about 2 million trees worth of cardboard. <\/p>\n\n

1500 officials held to account for sloppy environmental standards<\/a> [Reuters]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

China\u2019s Ministry of Environmental Protection has pointed the finger at 1500 officials across 3 provinces after recent inspections showed that pollution control efforts were lacking.  The MEP has been setting up real-time monitoring of air pollution levels in an attempt to tackle its urban smog problem, but falsification of data is a huge issue:last month, five officials were detained for stuffing air monitoring equipment with cotton in order to lower readings<\/a>; this week another official in Hebei was detained <\/a>for obstructing inspections.<\/p>\n\n

China says air pollution worse in October<\/a> [Reuters]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Air quality in China’s smog-hit northern regions, which include the capital Beijing, worsened in October despite overall improvements over the course of the year, the environment ministry said in a notice late on Monday. The good news is, Beijing’s pollution now contains less arsenic lead and cadmium t<\/a>han before. <\/p>\n\n

…and\u2026<\/p>\n\n

Hairy crab scandal reveals depth of China pollution crisis<\/a> [Financial Times]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Could the famous Suzhou act as a barometer for China\u2019s pollution progress?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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