China postpones pollution report
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China indefinitely postpones the release of a report outlining the environmental costs of economic development.
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Preparations for the Beijing 2008 Olympics are well on schedule but pollution is still a concern, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday.
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With China celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Pig, Chinese factories that ordinarily spew a big percentage of the world's pollution are idle for a week. However there's no rest for the Chinese computers that produce a big chunk of the Internet's pollution.
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China says 312 million villagers face water shortages or use water contaminated by fluorine, arsenic and organic or industrial pollutants.
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The long-awaited production of Mercedes-Benz sedans for the first time in China is to be delayed by more than half a year, reported China Daily on Wednesday.
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China pledges to dispose key polluters    BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top environmental watchdog launched investigations into six of the country's most notorious polluters on Friday, with last week's chemical spill on a tributary to the Songhua River on the list.
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Congressional action on legislation  to pressure China into raising the value of its currency could  be delayed until October because of other pending issues,  congressional aides said on Tuesday.
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By Zhu Zhe and Sun Xiaohua  After putting two highly polluting projects on hold as a result of public pressure, the top environmental watchdog yesterday said it would seek to establish a proper mechanism to allow for its further participation in environmental governance.
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China is delaying licenses for 3G cellular data service to give that country's home-grown technology time to catch up with more mature 3G technologies.
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Beijing's polluted air is raising the likelihood that some Olympic events may be postponed for a day or two, although special restrictions should keep the skies clean much of the time, the International Olympic Committee said Thursday.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Beijing, 12 December: China is to launch its first nationwide investigation into the sources of environmental pollution at the beginning of 2008, according to a top environmental official.
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By SCOTT McDONALD  BEIJING - China's environmental watchdog admitted Monday the country had failed to reach any of its pollution control goals for 2006 and had fallen further behind as the economy picked up speed.
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China said it was suspending imports of some chicken and pork after inspectors found shipments that were contaminated with chemicals or bacteria.
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China announces plans to clean up a badly-polluted major lake after an algae bloom cut off water supplies.
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A government advisory panel will  delay a report on ways to boost U.S. oil refining capacity  because the Bush administration wants to avoid a fight over  environmental regulations before the national elections,  according to a source knowledgeable about the report.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Wuhan, 31 January: A three-month fishing ban on the Yangtze River [Chiang Jiang] imposed by the Ministry of Agriculture will take effect this Thursday [1 February].
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Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, said some Beijing Olympic events might be postponed if the pollution would put the athletes at risk.