Lawyer Cheng Hai has an itemized list of compensation demands from Beijing authorities over the city’s smog: 65 yuan for having to buy face masks, 100 yuan for seeing a doctor for a sore throat and 9,999 yuan for emotional distress. Fed up with what they consider halfhearted efforts to fight air pollution, Cheng and like-minded lawyers are putting China’s legal system to the test by suing the governments of the capital and its surrounding regions.
Category: Tianjin, China
CNOOC diverted two LNG cargoes from Tianjin after pipeline fire -traders
Jan 10 China’s state-owned energy company CNOOC diverted two cargoes of imported liquefied natural gas after a pipeline fire in northern China’s Tianjin, though imports were normal as of Monday, traders with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. Reuters reported on Dec. 28 that a natural gas pipeline was in Tianjin was closed after it ruptured and caught fire.
China issues first-ever red alert for fog
JANUARY 03: A traffic policeman regulates traffic in heavy smog on January 3, 2017 in Zaozhuang, China. Anhui issues an orange alert of fog at 11 a.m. on Tuesday.
China issues first-ever red alert for fog
As if recent red alerts for smog weren’t bad enough, China has now issued its first-ever red alert for fog to go along with them. That followed some 24 cities issuing red alerts for air pollution.
LeEco plans to target high-value added customers
Chinese internet major LeEco said on Tuesday that its TV business will open content and platform resources to more third-party partners, with an expectation that its revenue from non-hardware will reach over 20 billion yuan in the next three years. LeEco announced the 2017 to 2019 strategy for its large-screen TV business, emphasizing it will continue to target high-value users, stick to its “open eco” concept and use the US market as the base of global operations.
Chinese city cancels flights in 2nd day of smog alert
Electric bike riders wearing mask to protect themselves from exhaust gas wait at a traffic lights junction during a heavily polluted day in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. China’s capital and other northern cities have banned half of all vehicles from city streets and ordered factories, schools and construction sites closed in response to a five-day smog red alert.