Tag: China
Endangered Species of the Week – Chinese alligator
Species Alligator sinensis Habitat Native only to China, the Chinese alligator likes living in freshwater habitats like swamps, rivers, ponds, streams and lakes. It spends about half of the year is spent in hibernation. They are restricted to Anhui, a small province of eastern China.. Recent surveys by the Wildlife Conservation Society has come up with the alarming [...]
10 Interesting Environmental Facts
It’s not easy to make other people go green when they can not see the bad impact they have, because the results of that are not easy visible. Nevertheless, here are ten interesting Environmental Facts that you can tell them and make them think about green issues, but some of them will make you more [...]
Wild China: 25 Spectacular Species You Should See
China is certainly one of the most beautiful places on earth. Entwined with temples of culture, mountains painted in white snow, lands of the giant panda, coastlines enriched with amazing colonies of unusual birds, dense forests that are roped with hunting tigers and a great wall that stretches through the land and ripples with history. [...]
5 Less Known Environmental Issues In China
According to all statistics, China is the most polluted country in the world. The country experience great economic development, but it must be paid with polluted air, water, soil etc. Most of the problems that China faces are well known to the world. Here are some of the less exploited issues. 1. Lack of Pollution [...]
Filipinos Eat Golden Cakes to Celebrate Year of the Rabbit !!!
Today is New Year’s Eve in China and some other countries in Southeast Asia.. and tomorrow begins the Year of the Rabbit, according to Chinese zodiac. Image credits The New Year celebration begins with the new moon on the first day of the lunar year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. Following [...]
Man from China Grows Weird Horn on His Head !!!
A man from China has grown a weird 3-inch horn on his head which is still growing. 84-year-old Huang Yuanfan of Ziyuan in southern China said that the weird growth started two years ago as a small bump but it continued to grow. “I tried picking at it and even filing it but nothing changed [...]
China Plans to Spend $30 Billion in Water Resources Project !!!
According to China Daily, the Chinese government will spend around $30.10 billion (200 billion yuan) on water conservation projects next year, a tenth more compared do 2010. The newspaper said that the funds will be used on improving many water conservation facilities for mitigating disasters, providing safe drinking water for 60 million rural residents and [...]
8 Biggest Natural Disasters of the last 80 Years
When we think about natural disasters we really come to appreciate how fragile humanity can be in the face of gigantic natural forces. So fragile, in fact, that fatalities in the millions are not unknown. Take the central Chinese floods of 1931, which swept through the country that year during the Nanjiing decade in Republic [...]
