Sandstorms sweep away parts of China's Great Wall

"The Great Wall of China, built to withstand raiding hordes from the steppes, is now in peril from a far more insidious threat: sandstorms generated by desertification in the country's north-west "

The looming food crisis

"Land that was once used to grow food is increasingly being turned over to biofuels. This may help us to fight global warming - but it is driving up food prices throughout the world and making life increasingly hard in developing...

India and China urged to cut emissions

"A UN climate change conference began yesterday with a call from the most vulnerable developing nations for large and rapidly developing countries such as China and India to do more to tackle global warming."

China prays for Olympic wind as car bans fail to shift Beijing smog

Eye in the sky: police use drone to spy on V festival

"· Suspicious behaviour monitored from above · Privacy fear as emergency services plan wider use "