Samuel Wade

Samuel Wade (@samuel_wade@mstdn.ca) is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver.

US Embassy: Beijing Air “Crazy Bad”

The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts reports: Since the US embassy in Beijing began tweeting hourly pollution reports last year, I – along with many other smog watchers – have been horrified at the frequency of “bad”...

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Happy Birthday, World Commission on Dams!

At China Dialogue, International Rivers’ Peter Bosshard marks the 10th anniversary of the World Commission on Dams report, which was unveiled by Nelson Mandela in London on November 16th, 2000. The commission proposed a...

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Perspectives on Poppies

From Evan Osnos in The New Yorker: British Prime Minister David Cameron, en route to the Group of 20 summit in Seoul, stopped in Beijing this week and suddenly found himself in a sartorial conundrum: Chinese officials, eyeing...

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Dai Qing: Live Webcast Tonight, 6pm PST

Environmental activist Dai Qing is in Vancouver tonight, giving a free public talk which will be webcast live from 6pm Pacific Standard Time. Learn about Dai Qing’s battle against “the most environmentally and socially...

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