Tibetans in anguish as Chinese mines pollute their sacred grasslands

Society & Culture

"Old people, we see the mines and we cry,” said one elderly yak herder. “What are the future generations going to do? How are they going to survive?"

Lucas Niewenhuis

Lucas Niewenhuis is the Newsletter Editor at The China Project. Previously, he has researched China-Africa relations at the Social Science Research Council, interned at the Council on Foreign Relations, and studied Chinese language and culture in Shanghai and Beijing. Read more

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