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China’s Economy Must Clean Up, Slow Down

At Foreign Affairs, Thomas N. Thompson challenges the view that severe pollution is a necessary price of China’s economic development: The dangers of China’s environmental degradation go well beyond the country’s borders, as pollution threatens global health more than ever. Chinese leaders have argued that their country has the right to pollute, claiming that, as a developing nation, it cann

April 10, 2013 11:13 PM

China’s Environmental Nightmare

As Beijing has been choking on smog this year, economists at Deutsche Bank point out that without swift reform, China may

March 12, 2013 11:04 PM

Fresh Air Goes on Sale

As Beijing residents are once again advised to stay indoors amid choking air pollution, some environmentalists are pessim

January 30, 2013 8:40 AM

Environmentalist Tried for Illegal Publishing

As China celebrates its “first” Nobel Prize for Literature, former official Liu Futang was tried in Hainan th

October 12, 2012 2:00 PM

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