Asia Archives

January 31, 2008

Dianhua Paper Mill discharged wastewater into a lagoon, killing sheep, sickening people, and damaging grasslands.

January 31, 2008

Changes in patterns of precipitation in an already parched region, leading to severe shortages of freshwater.

January 31, 2008

The blowing sand in Inner Mongolia is more evidence of the consequences of the duel China fights as it promotes rapid industrial development.

January 31, 2008

Traditional nomadic culture on the steppes of Inner Mongolia was defined by the insistence of wind, herding, and the search for water.

January 21, 2008

Dianhua Paper Mill discharged wastewater into a lagoon, killing sheep, sickening people, and damaging grasslands.

January 21, 2008

East Umchjin County, near the border with Mongolia, a place renowned for what Chinese scientists call "typical grasslands.

January 21, 2008

An Inner Mongolia herder, confined by the government to a small pasture for his animals, is nevertheless more fortunate than some.

January 21, 2008

600 miles north of Beijing the whole of the largest contiguous grasslands on Earth opens to the horizon.