Promptly at noon on March 17, a heavy truck hauling a dark substance and on a dark mission pulled out of the Gaobeidian Wastewater Treatment Plant in eastern Beijing.A wastewater treatment engineer helped a Caixin reporter identify the unusual load, which jiggled in the truck’s bed like gelatin as the driver headed down a bumpy road.The substance was unprocessed sludge a
Ding Zhijian, a 34-year-old editor at a children’s literature publishing company, was on his way home after meeting a colleague when a horrific rainstorm hit Beijing.Earlier that day, his wife had asked Ding not to leave the house. It was the weekend, after all, and rain had already started to fall.But Ding insisted the meeting would be short and that he’d be home in time for
Beijing municipal authorities are planning to build a national trading center for China Certified Emission Reduction, or CCER, as part of the city s efforts to further cut carbon emissions and achieve renewable energy goals.