China Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:06:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png China Archives - Positive News 32 32 What went right this week: progress on poverty, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-28-of-2024/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 05:00:51 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=486681 Indonesia slashed its poverty rate, China supercharged renewables, and the ‘world’s most joyful museum’ won a top award, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: China smashed renewables records, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-2-of-2024/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 05:00:37 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=466659 A ‘gamechanger’ cancer test was developed, China smashed renewables records, and the US murder rate fell, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: land rights victories, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-26-of-2023/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:48:35 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=439206 Land was restored to Indigenous peoples, China smashed its green energy goals, and a US law to protect pregnant workers came in, plus more

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]]> Air pollution falls in China after extensive efforts to reduce emissions https://www.positive.news/environment/air-pollution-falls-in-china-after-extensive-efforts-to-reduce-emissions/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:43:49 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=333297 Annual deaths from air pollution in China have dropped to 1990 levels, following efforts to control emissions

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]]> Pangolins protected in China as scales removed from medicine list https://www.positive.news/environment/conservation/pangolins-protected-in-china-as-scales-removed-from-medicine-list/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:02:53 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=327286 China has granted pangolins protected status and removed their scales from a list of approved medicine ingredients

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]]> Coronavirus could cause fall in global CO2 emissions, say analysts https://www.positive.news/environment/coronavirus-could-cause-fall-in-global-co2-emissions-say-analysts/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 09:34:22 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=310300 The Covid-19 outbreak is causing great human suffering, but it has also reduced carbon emissions where economic activity has stalled due to precautions taken to prevent the spread of the virus

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]]> Italians turn to music – and each other – during coronavirus lockdown https://www.positive.news/society/italians-turn-to-music-and-each-other-in-coronavirus-lockdown/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 07:54:11 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=310249 Quarantined Italians have been singing and playing music from their balconies to express solidarity and suppress boredom during the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown

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]]> China bans consumption of wildlife https://www.positive.news/environment/china-bans-consumption-of-wildlife/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:15:06 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=309234 The ban, welcomed by wildlife campaigners, is a direct response to the outbreak of COVID-19

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]]> The community hub made from salvaged wood https://www.positive.news/environment/sustainable-development/the-community-hub-made-from-salvaged-wood/ Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:28:27 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=236238 An architecture firm has come up with a clever solution for discarded wood

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]]> Green buses: you wait for one, then 9,500 turn up (in China) https://www.positive.news/environment/green-buses-you-wait-for-one-then-9500-turn-up-in-china/ https://www.positive.news/environment/green-buses-you-wait-for-one-then-9500-turn-up-in-china/#respond Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:03:42 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=33230 Every five weeks, 9,500 brand new electric buses take to the roads in China

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