Posts tagged Pollution
Simply put, ChinaFile is indispensable,” Evan Osnos, The New Yorker magazine’s China correspondent and an early ChinaFile reader, said. “In an age when China is no longer a mystery, ChinaFile will be the leading source for those who distinguish between information and deep knowledge.
Evan Osnos: ‘Simply Put, ChinaFile is Indispensable’
Today marks the official launch of ChinaFile, a new website project by Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations that promises “a wealth of resources in English for the aspiring China Hand.”
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I think without question, Obama’s most effective nominee in his first term was Hillary Clinton. Losing her is obviously quite a blow, but Kerry has been nominated largely to uphold her goals and the trajectory for American foreign policy that Hillary established. Any talk that Kerry is “partly at odds” with the pivot to Asia is exaggerated. Kerry will treat the pivot as the overwhelming priority that it is.
Ian Bremmer: Obama Should Team With China on ‘Joint Clean Energy Push’
Three questions for political scientist Ian Bremmer, who appears in conversation with Kishore Mahbubani on Wednesday, February 6, at Asia Society in New York. Tune in at 6:30pm ET for the free live webcast.
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Photos: Asia Prepares to Celebrate the Year of the Snake
It’s travel season for the Lunar New Year again, and those leaving Beijing to celebrate will get a respite from their smog-ridden city.
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Video: Sensors Strapped to Kites Search for Clues in Beijing’s Dirty Air
Two U.S. graduate students design kites with sensors that can easily monitor Beijing’s air quality and send data back to the people on the ground.
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Photos: Watch Beijing’s Air Quality Get Worse and Worse and Worse and …
As the “airpocalypse” continues in northern China, we check in with Michael Zhao, founder of Asia Society’s China Air Daily website project, to see if there are any signs of hope.
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How Will China’s New Leaders Approach Rising Tide of Environmental Protests?
Asia Society Senior Advisor Junjie Zhang argues that addressing China’s pollution and environmental degradation problems must be at the top of Xi Jinping’s agenda.
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Contrary to traditional analyses, new economic theories and empirical evidence refute the idea that economic growth, openness, and the environment are inevitable enemies.
But when the issue is the thick haze that hangs over China’s growing cities, harming the health of their residents, condemning U.S. diplomats for providing air pollution information is only going to further alienate the public.
As the Chinese government accused the U.S. Embassy of illegally interfering in China’s domestic affairs by publishing online hourly air-quality, the increasingly skeptical Chinese public ridiculed its government for its outrage, write Susan Shirk and Steven Oliver.
To read the full story: Dirty Air and Succession Jitters Are Clouding Beijing’s Judgment
Hot Air? Beijing Slams Foreign Embassies’ Monitoring of Air Pollution
The information the U.S. shares on air quality in China has a lot of value, even if it isn’t the most precise or comprehensive, writes Michael Zhao.
To read the full story: Hot Air? Beijing Slams Foreign Embassies’ Monitoring of Air Pollution
Photographer Sean Gallagher Says China’s Environment ‘Everybody’s Problem’
Beijing-based videographer and photographer Sean Gallagher has been documenting China’s environmental problems from various perspectives since 2006 — covering everything from wetland disappearance, desertification, air pollution, to endangered species like the giant panda.
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Photo of the Day: Shy But Poised in Tamil Nadu, India
Four young girls smile for the camera in Tamil Nadu, India on February 18, 2012. (...
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At Women’s Wear Daily’s Beauty CEO Summit 2012, Revlon head Alan Ennis argued that China is now past its prime as a place for manufacturing.
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