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01.31.18China Moves to Protect Coastal Wetlands Used by Migratory Birds
Science
China has armored its coastline over the past several decades, building sea walls and turning more than half of its marine wetlands into solid ground for development.
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12.29.16China Warmly Welcomes a Giant Rooster With Trumpian Characteristics
New York Times
Trump's golden quiff has appeared on a 23-foot tall rooster statue outside a shopping mall in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan
Sinica Podcast
12.17.15
Out of Africa: the Swifts of Beijing
from Sinica Podcast
With amazing research now suggesting that Beijing swifts, the tiny creatures most residents pass by without noticing, are some of the most well-travelled birds on the planet, averaging an astonishing 124,000 miles of flight in their lifetimes,...
Environment
10.22.15
China's Boom Has Hurt Wetlands, Threatens Extinction of Rare Birds
from chinadialogue
The destruction of China’s wetlands, which are critical stopping points for birds migrating as far away as the Arctic or the South Pacific, threatens mass extinctions of species across East Asia, new research has found.Besides providing shelter and...
Environment
06.12.14
The Dead Swans of Dongting Lake
from chinadialogue
I’ve lost track of how many nights I spent traveling to Dongting Lake, a large, shallow lake in Hunan province, central China, famed for being the origin of dragon-boat racing.In mid-January 2013 I met the Yueyang River Porpoise Conservation Society...
Sinica Podcast
01.03.14
Birds of Beijing and the Air They Fly In
from Sinica Podcast
This week, Sinica responds to the fevered requests of the Azure-Winged Magpie society with a show all about birding in Beijing. And why not? Because despite the air pollution that wracks our fair city, Beijing remains one of the best places in the...
Environment
06.29.12The Double Life of Dali Lake
from chinadialogue
Every spring, migratory birds start arriving at Dali Lake in Inner Mongolia just as the fish-breeding season gets under way. This has been the time—at least until recently—when herders living around the lake have heard the sounds of firecrackers...