SKorea to plant trees in China to reduce ‘yellow dust’ - The Independent
The Seoul city government will help fund a tree-planting project in a Chinese desert to reduce the amount of harmful “yellow dust” blowing over South Korea, officials said Wednesday. The city government signed an accord Tuesday to invest 50 million
Source: www.independent.co.uk

Cleaner Skies for Hong Kong in Year of the Ox? - BusinessWeek
The Year of the Ox has gotten off to a bad start in Hong Kong. In a ceremony at a local temple yesterday, a government official drew the worst straw in a ceremony that is supposed to forecast the state of the economy in the year ahead; the fortune
Source: www.businessweek.com

World’s Worst Air is in New Delhi - BusinessWeek
According to a new ranking by ECA International, New Delhi has the world’s worst air pollution. But don’t gloat, all you China boosters out there: Beijing is right behind India’s capital at No. 2. And there are four Chinese cities in the top
Source: www.businessweek.com

Survey finds health gnawed by pollution in S China’s Guangdong - English_Xinhua
BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — More than 41 percent of people in the Pearl River Delta have felt sick or uncomfortable this year because of the region’s heavy pollution, a recent survey found. Most suffer from diseases like cough, sore throat and upper
Source: news.xinhuanet.com

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