Japan is trying really hard to persuade women to start having babies again Excerpt: Japan’s population is aging at an unprecedented speed, bringing the country to the brink of a […]
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ARTICLE: East Asia
Article via theConversation: Is China worsening the developing world’s environmental crisis?
Is China worsening the developing world’s environmental crisis? Excerpt: The developing world is in the midst of an environmental crisis. Simply breathing the air is a leading cause of death. […]
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NEWS via WHO: Air pollution caused one in eight deaths
WHO: Air pollution caused one in eight deaths By Arshiya Khullar, for CNN March 25, 2014 — Updated 1417 GMT (2217 HKT) Poor women and children who spend time at home are […]
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NEWS via CNN: Plugging China’s talent pool
Plugging China’s talent pool By Zarina Banu for CNN March 20, 2014 — Updated 0603 GMT (1403 HKT) Many are leaving China for reasons like education, food and wealth security and air […]
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NEWS via: Reuters: Asia-Pacific failing to save forests, grassland loss
Asia-Pacific failing to save forests, grassland loss BY STIAN REKLEV ULAN BATOR, March 11 Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:32am EDT (Reuters) – Asia-Pacific nations are failing to halt the loss of […]
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INFOGRAPHIC: Land of the Rising Son-China’s Population Policy
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NEWS via Guardian Liberty Voice: China Population Structure Change Demands Economic Reform
China Population Structure Change Demands Economic Reform Added by Tina Zhang on March 15, 2014. On March 13, China’s annual parliament meeting closed. Reforms in financialsector, economic structure, environmental protection, and many other […]
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NEWS via NGS: Genghis Khan’s Secret Weapon Was Rain
Tree-ring studies suggest that a long wet spell gave him the resources to invade and conquer. Some 800 years ago, ancestors of modern Mongolians conquered the world on horseback. A […]
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News via India.com: As the world population increases, eating insects could soon become mainstream
As the world population increases, eating insects could soon become mainstream Agencies March 9, 2014 at 7:31 pm How would you react if your neighborhood restaurant serves you a menu that […]
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News via ECNS.cn: China to improve environment legislation amid lingering smog
Chinese top legislator Zhang Dejiang on Sunday pledged to enhance environmental legislation and oversight of pollutant emissions, as Beijing continued to be shrouded in a spell of lingering smog. The […]
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NEWS via NBCNews: First Americans May Have Been Stuck in Beringia for Millennia
First Americans May Have Been Stuck in Beringia for Millennia BY ALAN BOYLE WILLIAM MANLEY / IAAR / UNIV. OF COLO. This map shows the outlines of modern Siberia (left) […]
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NEWS vía Global Times: Island Migration – Canada Closes it’s Doors
Island migration Recently, Canada announced that it would end its investor program, closing off another path for Chinese immigrants. However, as Canada closes the door, island countries such as St […]
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NEWS via Channel NewsAsia: Virginia to be first US state to include “East Sea” in textbooks
The US State of Virginia has recently voted to include the name “East Sea” in its history and geography textbooks, alongside what is now marked only as the “Sea of […]
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NEWS via Nat’l Geographic: The Growth of Megacities
Geography in the News: The Growth of Megacities Posted by Neal Lineback of Geography in the NewsTM on February 17, 2014 By Neal Lineback and Mandy Lineback Gritzner, Geography in the NewsTM Megacities’ Expansive […]
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NEWS via the Guardian: Time running out for China’s one-child policy after three decades
Time running out for China’s one-child policy after three decades As list of exemptions grows, experts predict scrapping of rule said to have prevented 400m births Even if the one-child […]
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NEWS via CNN: Mainland Chinese line up for Australia’s ‘millionaire visa’
Mainland Chinese line up for Australia’s ‘Millionaire Visa’ By Peter Shadbolt, for CNN February 4, 2014 — Updated 1145 GMT (1945 HKT) Chinese immigration into Australia now represents the third largest […]
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NEWS: Air Quality Worries Dampen Chinese New Year Fireworks
See on Scoop.it – Advanced Human Geography After severe air pollution choked scores of cities last year, firework sales are down. See on www.npr.org
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NEWS via CNN: Moving map shows Chinese New Year travel rush in real time
As hundreds of millions of Chinese migrate home for the new year, Baidu uses cell phone data to create a real time map of human migration. -The Human Imprint ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]
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NEWS via CNN: ‘Hidden income’ makes China’s rich wealthier than thought
Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s urban rich are making far more than they officially report, suggesting the wealth gap in the world’s second largest economy is much higher than previously […]
Read MoreNEWS: Everything is in China: The World’s Architecture Replicated in Chinese Copy Towns
Everything is in China: The World’s Architecture Replicated in Chinese Copy Towns. Via: Atlas Obscura Thames Town Chapel (photograph by Bianca Bosker/Original Copies) The canals of Venice, the monuments of Paris, […]
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NEWS via PRI: Low-Water Lunch: A Chinese Breakthrough on Irrigation?
Esther Boserup would be proud! It looks as though the Chinese have created a new irrigation system that allows plants to use water only as it needs-creating a more sustainable […]
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NEWS via CNN: New Chinese law: Visit your Parents
Human Imprint Synopsis: In a country where a one-child policy and an aging population prevail, the traditional family is being turned on its head. China is a rapidly developing country […]
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