Tag: China
Another problem with China’s coal: Mercury in rice
Noelle Eckley Selin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Sae Yun Kwon, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Mercury pollution is a problem usually associated with...
How Chinese products went from cheap and cheerful to weapons in...
Qing Shan Ding, University of Huddersfield
Tensions are escalating between China and the US over trade. The Chinese government has announced retaliatory measures on a...
Should California winemakers be worried about China’s tariffs?
Julian M. Alston, University of California, Davis; Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis, and Olena Sambucci, University of California, Davis
California’s vintners and grape growers...
There are better ways to foster solar innovation and save jobs...
Edward Barbier, Colorado State University and Terry Iverson, Colorado State University
President Donald Trump’s decision to impose punitive duties on imported solar panels and related...
Don’t rely on China: North Korea won’t kowtow to Beijing
Katharine H.S. Moon, Wellesley College
Those who want to end North Korea’s nuclear threats often point to China as the sole actor who could save...
Understanding Chinese President Xi’s anti-corruption campaign
David Skidmore, Drake University
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made fighting official corruption a cornerstone of his reign.
Judging by the numbers alone, the campaign...
China’s leverage over ‘Rocket Man’ is key to avoiding nuclear war...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un are playing a dangerous game of brinkmanship while also...
Apple and 7-Eleven show why Trump’s threat to sever China trade...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
President Donald Trump tweeted on September 3 that the U.S. “is considering, in addition to other options, stopping all...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
