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When a billion Chinese jump, how China will save mankind-- or destroy it, Jonathan Watts

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When a billion Chinese jump, how China will save mankind-- or destroy it, Jonathan Watts

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-422) and index

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mapsillustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When a billion Chinese jump

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bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Watts

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how China will save mankind-- or destroy it

Summary

The Asia environmental correspondent for the "Guardian" delivers a fascinating, frontline account of the current environmental crisis in China, exploring how Beijing is balancing economic growth with sustainability and whether China will "emerge as the world's first green superpower" or tip our species "over the environmental precipice."

Table Of Contents

Useless trees : Shangri-La -- Foolish old men : the Tibetan Plateau -- Still waters, moving earth : Sichuan -- Fishing with explosives : Hubei and Guangxi -- Made in China? : Guangdong -- Gross domestic pollution : Jiangsu and Zhejiang -- From horizontal green to vertical gray : Chongqing -- Shop till you drop : Shanghai -- Why do so many people hate Henan? : Henan -- The carbon trap : Shanxi and Shaanxi -- Attack the clouds! Retreat from the sands! : Gansu and Ningxia -- Flaming mountain, melting heaven : Xinjing -- Science versus math : Tianjin, Hebei, and Liaoning -- Fertility treatment : Shandong -- An odd sort of dictatorship : Heilongjiang -- Grass roots : Xanadu

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How China will save mankind-- or destroy it

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