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Each year, the Chinese economy consumes one quarter of the world’s total production of coal…

On July 20 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary
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…while the average person in China consumes one quarter of the energy of someone in Europe.

Figures from OU Environment course, picture taken in Shanghai in 2005. The Shanghai economy has been growing by around 10% each year.

I’ve been watching a film on development and energy demand in China. A [...]

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On May 31 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary, Photography

When I took this photo in Tiananmen Square, Beijing in 2005 I had no idea that it was a day or so before the anniversary of the June Fourth Incident, otherwise known as the Tiananmen Square massacre. So it was confusing that as the late afternoon sun shone down, tourists milled about [...]

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