chinadialogue has released an ebook, “China’s Green Revolution”, of articles and commentary on environmental aspects of the 12th Five Year Plan. From the introduction, by Isabel Hilton: The transition from one...
Read MoreThe Guardian’s Jonathan Watts reveals the results of the second China Environmental Press Awards: Yang Chuanmin of Southern Metropolitan Daily won the in-depth investigation award for the second year in a row, firmly...
Read MoreThe Guardian’s Jonathan Watts contrasts the momentum of Chinese and American emissions trading schemes, and suggests that the United States’ lack of leadership could be a strategic error: China is both desperate and...
Read MoreJust after announcing that he planned a partial move to Berlin to avoid ongoing harassment in Beijing, artist and activist Ai Weiwei appears to have been detained at the Beijing airport by customs police while trying to fly to...
Read MoreIn the Guardian, Jonathan Watts writes about the links between new policies on the environment and on domestic security announced at the NPC meetings, and the public reaction to both: The praise was for the new five-year...
Read MoreAt the Guardian, Jonathan Watts looks back at environmental stories from the past year, including tigers, droughts, floods, traffic jams and oil spills. Also marked is the death of Liang Congjie, founder of China’s first...
Read MoreIn The Independent, Johann Hari writes about China’s “ecological disintegration”, heavily citing Jonathan Watts’ book, When A Billion Chinese Jump. Swiping at “gasbag” Thomas Friedman’s...
Read MoreA new agreement for China to import seal meat from Canada has come under fire as betraying a “racist and cultural imperialistic attitude”. Supporters, however, hope that it might help sustain Inuit communities whose...
Read MoreChinese authorities have acknowledged that, while progress has been made in recent years, securing the country against encroaching deserts may take centuries. From Jonathan Watts in The Guardian: China has gained a sliver of...
Read MoreAnother report from the Guardian’s Jonathan Watts, this one about recent cases of online activism in China: An activist decapitated, a journalist killed, a lawyer beaten, a magazine closed and an embarrassing legal case...
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