In 2011, China's wind energy sector had 71.5 billion kWh of energy connected to the grid, representing 1.5 percent of the country's total national electricity output, according to the report China Wind Power Outlook 2012, published in September. However, statistics released by the Global Wind Energy Council show that in countries such as Spain, an average 16 percent of electricity demand was met by wind power.
For many years, Peking Duck and Peking Opera were probably the two most famous items named after the capital.
The lower area of the field, containing hundreds of withered cornstalks, was covered by a sheet of reddish-brown ice. Hundreds of people armed with iron picks and shovels were cutting holes roughly half a meter in diameter in the ice, clearing away the nearly 5-centimeter-thick layer. They then tipped large bags of activated carbon - charcoal treated with oxygen - into the half-meter-deep water underneath to absorb the contaminants.
The Changzhi aniline spill wasn't the only safety incident to occur in Shanxi province recently. In the past 20 days, there have been four other major accidents, some of which resulted in fatalities.
Some Changzhi residents told China Daily that contaminated water from the aniline spill has flowed into their fallow farmland, and they expressed concerns that the toxic chemical would affect the spring harvest. If that proves to be the case, they will ask for compensation from the plant or the local government.
In a classroom at Peking University School of Economics, the students pored over their calculations, just as countless preceding generations had done. But the people in this class were not regular scholars - instead, they represented China's business elite, including chief executive officers of major companies, entrepreneurs and financiers.
Feng shui, literally "wind and water", dates from China's Warring States Period (475-221 BC). In ancient times, the practice was also called kanyu, meaning a geomantic omen applied to buildings or land.
Although feng shui's effect has waned over the centuries, it can still exert an influence on contemporary China.
Losong Gyaltsen left his home in the Tibet autonomous region on New Year's Eve and set off on his first trip outside the area.
Although four days have passed since the fire that claimed seven lives at a private orphanage in Lankao county, Henan province, the two-story apartment, its blackened walls clearly visible, is still filled with the stench of smoke and burning.
There are an increasing number of abandoned children awaiting help in China, said Deng Zhixin, a co-founder of Angel Mom, a grassroots organization in Beijing that helps orphans access medical treatment.
Two days after the fatal fire that swept through her house in Lankao county, Henan province, Yuan Lihai was admitted to the local hospital. Her sister sat at the bedside, using paper towels to wipe away tears and dipping cotton-buds in water to moisten Yuan's parched lips. "You must be strong. Don't fall down," she said, encouragingly.
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