Taihu

Regulators are also policing the environment better—including along the environmentally damaged southern rim of the giant lake Taihu, where the children's-wear cluster Zhili sits—which means increased costs for factories.

Chinese Town Cancels Tax That Sparked Riots James T. Areddy 2011

Taihu Lake, a famous beauty spot, was choked each summer with blue-green algae blooms, a sign that the water was contaminated by nitrogen.17 Rivers and lakes sometimes became so contaminated that drinking supplies were temporarily cut.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

Taihu Lake, a famous beauty spot, was choked each summer with blue-green algae blooms, a sign that the water was contaminated by nitrogen.17 Rivers and lakes sometimes became so contaminated that drinking supplies were temporarily cut.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

Taihu Lake, a famous beauty spot, was choked each summer with blue-green algae blooms, a sign that the water was contaminated by nitrogen.17 Rivers and lakes sometimes became so contaminated that drinking supplies were temporarily cut.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

As algae scum in Lake Taihu cuts off water to 4 million people, a local cleanup advocate remains in jail.

June 3rd, 2007 2007

Pan is also sponsoring ambitious surveillance projects such as a nationwide "Water Pollution Map" and taking a high profile in battling pollution emergencies such as the Taihu algae crisis.

Where Poor Is A Poor Excuse 2008

• China is releasing 20m carp into lake Taihu to try and clear it of algae caused by pollution

Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Lucy Mangan 2010

Millions of algae-eating fish have been used in the past to clean up Taihu and other lakes, with previous efforts hailed as a boon for the local fishing industry despite concerns over consumption of fish that have feasted on toxins.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

Wuxi is traditionally a manufacturing city, but with a focus on environmental protection, and especially after a serious blue-green algae outbreak in Taihu

Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

About $1.3 billion in government funding had been dedicated over the seven-year period to controlling water pollution in northeastern China's Liao River, in the Huai River in the central part of the country, the Hai River that flows through Beijing and Tianjin municipalities, the Taihu and Chaohu lakes in eastern China, and the Dianchi Lake outside Kunming, capital of Yunnan province.

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