Published: 9:00pm, 10 Feb 2025Updated: 9:30pm, 10 Feb 2025
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1. Air pollution threat as lung cancer cases in never-smokers on the rise: study
Despite drops in tobacco use worldwide, the incidence of lung cancer among people who have never smoked is increasing, with higher risks for younger generations and women – particularly in China – a global analysis led by the World Health Organization has found.
2. China has met most of its 5-year goals. It hasn’t done so well on emissions
China met most of its targets under the current 14th Five-Year Plan to 2025 but has fallen short on energy efficiency and emission goals, according to Tsinghua University researchers.
3. Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump
The researcher surveys the dividends of “Made in China 2025” and shares why he thinks Trump’s contradictions could benefit bilateral relations.