---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 29 Jun 2000 New in IGCS - Geography: China at the Crossroads: Energy, Transportation and the 21st Century Ed./Corp.: James S. Cannon, INFORM Inc., USA, 1998 URL: http://www.informinc.org/chinagate.htm Language: English (incl. main page), Chinese. Resource type: Report. Self description: "'China at the Crossroads: Energy, Transportation and the 21st Century,' by INFORM's Senior Energy Consultant, James S. Cannon, describes the implications of the vast increase in the number of vehicles on the road in China. Translated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and on file in the library of the Chinese State Environmental Protection Administration, the report is available for free downloading from INFORM's website. The report shows that the explosive vehicle growth under way in China will dramatically increase health threats to Chinese citizens, as well as the risks of ever-fiercer competition for oil and of global climate change." Description: INFORM is a national (USA) non-profit research organization treating problems of the enviroment and sustainable development. Note: The report is a PDF file: Adobe Acrobate Reader (free download) needed. Resource suggested by Loly Garcia, Inform, Inc., USA. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L