The Basel Convention, an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movement of hazardous waste between nations, made smuggling of e-waste a crime in signatory states, including China, in 2006.

Chen and Zhang called on the government to improve its management of waste recycling.

The government should support waste-recycling industries by upgrading technologies and paying higher subsidies, Zhang said.

Questions:

1. How many smuggling gangs were caught?

2. Where does Chen Liwen work?

3. What is e-trash?

Answers:

1. 3.

2. Nature University in Beijing.

3. Obsolete computers, batteries, mobile phones and circuit boards.

About the broadcaster:

Lance Crayon is a videographer and editor with China Daily. Since living in Beijing he has worked for China Radio International (CRI) and Global Times. Before moving to China he worked in the film industry in Los Angeles as a talent agent and producer. He has a B.A. in English from the University of Texas at Arlington.

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