Desert Growth Menaces China
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By Michael Casey, Associated Press  ZHEN
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Chinaâs military modernization, particularly its drive to develop advanced weaponry, has been raising concerns.
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China hoped to become a highly competitive producer of crocodile meat, hides and shoes, but that dream has been difficult to realize.
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China's authorities warn that more of the bad weather which has crippled the country is on its way.
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Rising oil prices are expected to hit China's growth rate this year.
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By Brahma Chellaney  The sharpening Asian competition over energy resources   has obscured another danger: Water shortages in much of Asia are becoming a threat to rapid economic modernization.
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China's growing material wealth has eluded the countryside, but there is a bull market in sects competing for the souls of the rural poor.
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XIAMEN, China  - Dirty, polluted, and congested -- China's large cities have an unenviable poor reputation.
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Desertification represents the "greatest environmental challenge of our times", the UN warns in a report.
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XIAMEN, China  - Dirty, polluted, and congested -- China's large cities have an unenviably poor reputation.
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The explosive growth of male populations in China and India could threaten social order in those countries as well as international security, according to a book by two academic researchers.
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China's mines face a wave of accidents as they restart after the freezing weather, a top safety body warns.
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Smuggling of goods ranging from oil to frozen food is costing China's treasury billions of dollars each year, threatening the national economy and possibly even communist rule despite a marathon crackdown, officials said Tuesday.
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A silver bullet, not a silver lining The Chinese government's weather-control programme, more accustomed to bringing down rains on parched crops, has announced a new and ambitious mission. The People's Republic is due to host the Summer Olympics next year, and if the weather dares to defy the commies it will be brought into line by force.â¦
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China is gearing up to dominate the genetically modified crop game. And the West is increasingly worried about monitoring these products around the globe
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China's first plan for climate change will seek to fortify the country against damage from global warming but also against international pressure to cut greenhouse gas pollution that Beijing calls the cost of growth.
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China struggled on Sunday with transport havoc and threats to energy and food supplies caused by snows and icy cold, with forecasters warning of more brutal weather across eastern and central areas in coming days.