Bringing water to the thirsty north – China’s South-North Water Transfer Project
As we saw yesterday, China’s water problem urgently needs solutions. As is often the case in China, the Party has pushed forward a single massive project as their favorite option. This project is known...
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“We can’t accept the fact that the trees will disappear”– the intangible...
One of the first things that a person notices when they arrive in Nanjing, is that unlike other Chinese cities, many of the main streets are lined with mature trees. Some of these trees were planted...
View ArticleWhy didn’t the gov’t build this village a road?
Over the past few days, I’ve mentioned the village on the cliff several times, but haven’t yet discussed one of the biggest questions I had on my mind during my time there, Why didn’t the gov’t build...
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Amidst the Smog, I Hear the Bugle Call for a National Environmental Movement
By Wu Qiang, published: February 22, 2014 (The Chinese original was published a year ago.) Beijing on February 21, 2014. Online photo from ScienceNet.cn. It was unusually cold at the beginning of...
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Smog as a Political Analogy
By Chang Ping, published: March 4, 2015 “Each and every part (of the petroleum industry) is basically a monopoly.” “Under a monopoly there can be no innovation.” “Outsiders can’t break into it at...
View ArticleUnder the China Dome – A Reality Check
By Yaxue Cao, published: March 9, 2015 China’s left foot wants to go north, and China’s right foot wants to go south. Both feet have the same goal, and, that is, to maintain the one-party rule. When...
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The Four Forces of China’s Politics of Smog
By Wu Qiang, published: March 15, 2014 Look beyond Chai Jing’s film. Credit: Caixin http://photos.caixin.com/2013-01-29/100487285.html In a time when opinion leaders, known as the “big verified...
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12 Years in Prison for Trying to Protect Spotted Seals
By Yaxue Cao, published: November 16, 2015 While the number of spotted seals keeps dwindling, its ardent protector gets jail time – an all too familiar Chinese tale. The 52-year-old Tian Jiguang...
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Choking on Smog, China’s Urban Dwellers Emerge in Protest
Wu Qiang, December 14, 2016 “They had merely to sit on the edges of Tianfu Square wearing smog masks for police bring them in for interrogation until the early hours of the morning — this is a clear...
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