The China Experiment – Mara Hvistendahl
Following the media’s current “greening of China” trend, Seed Magazine has a lengthy and interesting report about a growing environmental consciousness: What Linxia has in abundance, however, is...
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Sophie Beach is CDT's Operations and Communications Manager. From 2003-2021, she served as Executive Editor of CDT English. She lives in Berkeley, California.
China Neutralizes Cutting-Edge Magazine – RFA
From RFA, via the Time China blog: China’s powerful propaganda czars have pronounced the death knell for a magazine that ran hard-hitting exposes of official corruption, turning it into a cultural and lifestyle digest of mainly previously published materials, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.
Read MorePaying the Price for a Greener China – BBC
From the BBC: Halfway up a valley, a team of Chinese Noahs prepares for a flood. Builders pile roof tiles into baskets and carry them up the hill. The Communist Party has given orders: Take down all the houses on the hillside. There is no argument and no debate – when the Chinese government makes […]
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A dog in Beijing enjoys a swim, by zdzarski.junior
Read MoreWhy Tiananmen Square Could Go From Red to Green – Jonathan Watts
The Guardian reports on a radical idea by a top young architect in China for transforming Tiananmen Square: Ma Yansong, an award-winning urban planner, says the grey concrete symbol of China’s red politics should be given a green makeover. To heighten awareness about the environment, he believes the Beijing square should be transformed into a […]
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