latest figures released by the health department of China show that deaths due to air pollution are increasing every year. Nearly 1,000 more people died of respiratory diseases in 1995 than in

HUMAN genetic defects are suddenly at a premium. A deal between Genset, a research company based in Paris, and the Chinese government allows the former to wade through scores of genetic

After Japan and the us , it is the turn of China. Months of secrecy later, Chinese health officials have confirmed that a certain brand of a common blood product called serum albumin, produced

China s major hydroelectric power station on the shores of one of Tibet s most sacred lakes not only threatens the fragile ecology of the lake but may drain most of the water away within 20 years

Joining international efforts for protection of ozone layer, China recently held its first national conference on ozone layer protection. Song Jian, state councillor and minister in charge of the

saving stitches: India will have the first indigenously-produced bio-adhesives for suture-less surgery. Nectar Laboratories Ltd, based near Hyderabad, is all set to manufacture these adhesives and

The nation's space programme seems to be jinxed. The latest in the series of failed launches is the

Environmental degradation arising out of desertification, deforestation, erosion and climatic changes and poaching is seriously threatening the delicate ecosystem of the riparian areas of Yangtze

Guangdong is one of the fastest growing economic regions of the country. It is now gearing up to tackle

new research on an ancient Chinese treatment for skin disorders and other maladies, has brought to light the fact that the traditional remedy can actually deal more effectively with virulent forms