provinceorstate:hubei province

Revue de presse sur la #Chine semaine du 01.04.13

#BeiDou system enjoys fast growth of users

The application of China’s homegrown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has expanded to include more overseas and domestic clients, heightening expectations for a full-fledged information industry based on domestically-produced satellites

Le nouveau système de #géolocalisation, concurrent du fameux « #GPS », semble avoir le vent en poupe

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-04/03/c_132282905.htm

Hubei Confronts Its Lake Disappearing Act - Caixin Online
http://english.caixin.com/2012-07-03/100406919.html

The province has been losing its once-bountiful lakes for about 100 years, but the destructive pace accelerated in modern times with extension draining projects for farmland and the expansion of water-dependent heavy industry.
Today, the total surface area of all provincial lakes is just 3,025 square kilometers, according to official statistics, compared to some 26,000 square kilometers of water in the early 1900s, when Hubei was called The Province of 1,000 Lakes.

http://img.caixin.com/2012-07-03/201207030050.jpg

#environnement #eau #chine #cartographie #cdp

La #Chine connaît quelques soucis #écologiques :

1. Air #pollution now the worst on record — Shanghai Daily
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Metro/2011/05/04/Air+pollution+now+the+worst+on+record

SHANGHAI is experiencing its worst level of pollution to date with yesterday’s recorded air quality again at the top of the scale

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/NewsImage/2011/2011-05/2011-05-04/20110504_470566_01.jpg

2. Drought threatens grain production — Shanghai Daily
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/05/04/Drought%2Bthreatens%2Bgrain%2Bproduction
National

ALTHOUGH renowned as the “land of a thousand lakes,” central China’s Hubei Province has been hit by a spring drought that has hit grain production and disrupted drinking #water supplies.

#sécheresse #cdp