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Apec Blue
APEC blue () refers to the rare blue sky in Beijing during APEC China 2014 due to emission reduction campaign directed by Chinese government. Because of its transience, the new phrase "APEC blue" also refers to something wonderful but also fleeting. According to the ''China Daily'', "APEC blue" was one of Beijing's environmental keywords for 2014. Background Air quality in China The current situation of China’s air quality is quite concerning: Less than 1% of China’s 500 cities have reached the air quality standard recommended by the World Health Organization. Among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, China has seven. In Jan 2013, only five days were not occupied by haze and fog. In Oct 2014, the air quality index in Beijing reached a peak of 470, far beyond the severe pollution level of 300; meanwhile, the situation was even more serious in the neighboring province of Hebei, whose PM2.5 particles climbed above 500 micrograms per cubic meter—northern China was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apec Blue
APEC blue () refers to the rare blue sky in Beijing during APEC China 2014 due to emission reduction campaign directed by Chinese government. Because of its transience, the new phrase "APEC blue" also refers to something wonderful but also fleeting. According to the ''China Daily'', "APEC blue" was one of Beijing's environmental keywords for 2014. Background Air quality in China The current situation of China’s air quality is quite concerning: Less than 1% of China’s 500 cities have reached the air quality standard recommended by the World Health Organization. Among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, China has seven. In Jan 2013, only five days were not occupied by haze and fog. In Oct 2014, the air quality index in Beijing reached a peak of 470, far beyond the severe pollution level of 300; meanwhile, the situation was even more serious in the neighboring province of Hebei, whose PM2.5 particles climbed above 500 micrograms per cubic meter—northern China was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Professionals In Foreign Policy
Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) is a United States Nonprofit organization, nonprofit, Nonpartisanism, nonpartisan organization that works to train the next generation of foreign policy leadership. The group was founded by Joshua Marcuse in 2004. Membership YPFP's membership spans 80 countries and a network of over 20,000 young professionals active in the field of foreign policy. Members are screened and selected from a broader pool of applicants and each pay membership dues to support organizational programming and services. Members are drawn from a variety of global institutions, government agencies, nonprofits, media groups, graduate programs, and corporations that span a diverse array of sectors. Chapters Washington D.C., London, Brussels, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, and Tokyo comprise YPFP's core branches, while hubs in Rome and Tel Aviv provide a global network of interconnection and dialogue. Discussion groups YPFP's discussion groups are peer-led communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Car Dependence
Car dependency is the concept that some city layouts cause cars to be favoured over alternate forms of transportation, such as bicycles, public transit, and walking. Overview In many modern cities, automobiles are convenient and sometimes necessary to move easily. When it comes to automobile use, there is a spiraling effect where traffic congestion produces the 'demand' for more and bigger roads and removal of 'impediments' to traffic flow. For instance, pedestrians, signalized crossings, traffic lights, cyclists, and various forms of street-based public transit, such as trams. These measures make automobile use more pleasurable and advantageous at the expense of other modes of transport, so greater traffic volumes are induced. Additionally, the urban design of cities adjusts to the needs of automobiles in terms of movement and space. Buildings are replaced by parking lots. Open-air shopping streets are replaced by enclosed shopping malls. Walk-in banks and fast-food stores ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Jining
Chen Jining (; born 4 February 1964) is a Chinese academic and politician who is a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and the current Communist Party secretary of Shanghai. An environmental engineer by profession, Chen served as the President of Tsinghua University from 2012 to 2015, Minister of Environmental Protection between 2015 and 2017 and mayor of Beijing from 2017 to 2022. Early life and education Chen was born and raised in Gaizhou, Liaoning, with his ancestral home in Lishu County, Jilin. In 1981, he attended Tsinghua University, where he graduated with a BSc degree in environmental engineering in 1986. Chen was then educated at Brunel University London, and next at Imperial College London where he earned a PhD degree in civil and environmental engineering in 1993. After graduation he worked as a research assistant at Imperial College London until 1998. Career In March 1998 he became the Deputy Director of the Environmental Engineering Depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lianghui
The Two Sessions (NPC & CPPCC National Committee annual sessions), or in Chinese ''Lianghui'' is a common Mandarin Chinese abbreviation for a pair of organizations which have close relations. In the Chinese government, the term refers to the annual plenary sessions of the national or local People's Congress and the national or local committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Governmental usages When referring to politics of the People's Republic of China, "national ''lianghui''" (全国两会) refers to annual plenary sessions of the two organizations that make national-level political decisions: the National People's Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). A less common political usage of ''lianghui'' is abbreviating the Republic of China's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in Taipei, and the PRC's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) in Beijing. See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Dome (film)
''Under the Dome'' () is a 2015 self-financed Chinese documentary by Chai Jing, a former China Central Television journalist, concerning air pollution in China. It was viewed over 150 million times on Tencent within three days of its release and had been viewed a further 150 million times by the time it was taken offline four days later. Chai Jing started making the documentary when her as yet unborn daughter developed a tumor in the womb, which had to be removed very soon after her birth. Chai blames China's air pollution for the tumor. The film, which combines footage of a lecture with interviews and factory visits, has been compared with Al Gore's ''An Inconvenient Truth'' in both its style and potential impact. The film openly criticizes state-owned energy companies, steel producers and coal factories, as well as showing the inability of the Ministry of Environmental Protection to act against the big polluters. Despite demonstrating the failure of China's regulations on p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhai Qing
Zhai is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized Chai in Wade–Giles, and Chak in Cantonese. It is listed 292nd in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. As of 2008, it is the 120th most common surname in China, shared by 1.4 million people. Notable people * Zhai Huang ( 翟璜; fl. 4th century BC), Prime Minister of Marquess Wen of Wei * Zhai Fangjin ( 翟方進; died 7 AD), Prime Minister of the Han dynasty * Zhai Liao (died 391), founder of the Zhai Wei state * Zhai Zhao (died 393), son of Zhai Liao, the second and final ruler of Zhai Wei * Zhai Rang (died 617), Sui dynasty rebel leader * Zhai Wang ( 翟汪; 1877–1941), Republic of China politician, Governor of Guangdong province * Zhai Wenxuan ( 翟文選; 1878–1950), Republic of China politician, Governor of Liaoning province * Zhai Yiwo ( 翟一我; 1921–2007), journalist and translator * Zhai Yusheng ( 翟裕生; born 1930), geologist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purchasing Managers Index
Purchasing managers' indexes (PMI) are economic indicators derived from monthly surveys of private sector companies. The three principal producers of PMIs are the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), which originated the manufacturing and non-manufacturing metrics produced for the United States, the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management (SIPMM), which produces the Singapore PMI, and the S&P Global (from 2022 merger with IHS Markit), which produces metrics based on ISM's work for over 30 countries worldwide. ISM, SIPMM, and S&P separately compile purchasing managers' index (PMI) surveys on a monthly basis by polling businesses which represent the makeup of the respective business sector. ISM's surveys cover all NAICS categories. SIPMM survey covers all manufacturing sectors. The S&P survey covers private sector companies, but not the public sector. ISM began to produce the report for the United States in 1948. The surveys are released shortly after the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National People's Congress
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2,980 members in 2018, it is the largest legislative body in the world. The National People's Congress meets in full session for roughly two weeks each year and votes on important pieces of legislation and personnel assignments among other things, and due to the temporary nature of the plenary sessions, most of NPC's power is delegated to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC), which consists of about 170 legislators and meets in continuous bi-monthly sessions, when its parent NPC is not in session. As China is an authoritarian state, the NPC has been characterized as a rubber stamp for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or as only being able to affect issues of low sensitivity and salience to the Chinese regime. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhong Nanshan
Zhong Nanshan (born 20 October 1936) is a Chinese pulmonologist. He was president of the Chinese Medical Association from 2005 to 2009 and is currently the editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of Thoracic Disease''. He is a recipient of Medal of the Republic, the highest honour of China. Zhong earned international fame for managing the SARS outbreak and was renowned for refuting the official line which downplayed the severity of the crisis. He was voted one of China's top 10 scientists in 2010. During the COVID-19 pandemic which was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, Zhong was a leading advisor in managing the crisis, suggesting evidence-based control measures to contain the disease and sharing the successful treatment plan with the international community. He was named by ''Time'' as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020. Early life and education Zhong was born on 20 October 1936 at the Central Hospital in Nanjing, though his family was from Fujian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Current
The China Current is a storytelling platform —news, articles, interviews, videos, and podcasts — for global stories on health, nature, innovation, and culture. This platform is supported by China-U.S. Exchange Foundation. The website states that "As of January 2020, ''The China Current'' is also presenting The Novel Outbreak, a special series on the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of its commitment to sharing verified and trusted information during the global crisis." The platform is hosted by James Chau, a former news anchor and current GoodWill Ambassador for World Health Organization. Through The China Current, James Chau has interviewed WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th prime minister of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face (sociological Concept)
Face is a class of behaviors and customs practiced mainly in Asian cultures, associated with the morality, honor, and authority of an individual (or group of individuals), and its image in social groups. Face refers to a sociological concept in general linked to the dignity and prestige that a person has in terms of their social relationships. This idea with different nuances is observed in many societies and cultures such as Chinese, Arabic, Indonesian, Korean, Malaysian, Laotian, Indian, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Thai, Russian and other Slavic cultures. Face has more meanings within the context of Chinese culture. Definitions Although Chinese writer Lin Yutang claimed "face cannot be translated or defined", these definitions have been created: * Face is an image of self delineated in terms of approved social attributes. * Face is the respectability and/or deference which a person can claim for themself or from others. * Face is a quality that can be lost, maintained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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