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  2. China's waste import ban - Wikipedia

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    China's waste import ban, instated at the end of 2017, prevented foreign inflows of waste products.Starting in early 2018, the government of China, under Operation National Sword, banned the import of several types of waste, including plastics with a contamination level of above 0.05 percent. [1]

  3. List of websites blocked in mainland China - Wikipedia

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    Chinese Firewall Test - Instantly test if a URL is blocked by the Great Firewall of China in real time. Tests for both symptoms of DNS poisoning and HTTP blocking from a number of locations within mainland China. China Firewall Test - Test if any domain is DNS poisoned in China in real-time. DNS poisoning is one way in which websites can be ...

  4. Operation National Sword - Wikipedia

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    The Operation National Sword (ONS) was a policy initiative launched in 2017 by the government of China to monitor and more stringently review recyclable waste imports. [1] By 1 January 2018, China had banned 24 categories of solid waste and had also stopped importing plastic waste with a contamination level of above 0.05 percent, which was significantly lower than the 10 percent that it had ...

  5. China starts new recycling drive as foreign trash ban widens

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    China plans to launch 100 new large-scale recycling "bases" by the end of next year, part of a campaign to make better use of its resources after extending a ban on foreign trash imports. A long ...

  6. Recycling options dwindle for councils hit by China ban - AOL

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    Until earlier this year, the UK sent a big chunk of its used plastic to China, where it was used to make items such as computers, toys and appliances. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has ...

  7. Chinese sanctions - Wikipedia

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    China's three unilateral sanctions programs are separately administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, and the Taiwan Affairs Office. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains a sanctions list that imposes travel, trade, and financial restrictions against targeted individuals and entities accused of interfering with ...

  8. Explainer-After China's mineral export ban, how else could it ...

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    Beijing created the list during the first Trump presidency and threatened to ban U.S. companies from importing, exporting and investing in China. To date the list has included U.S. companies ...

  9. Electronic waste in China - Wikipedia

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    China is the world's largest importer and producer of electronic waste [1] with over 70% of all global e-waste ending up in the world's largest dumpsites. [2] An estimated 60–80% of this e-waste is handled through illegal informal recycling processes, without the necessary safety precautions legally required by Chinese government regulations.