How China is attempting to change nature conservation
China is undergoing a great experiment — tightly controlled and driven by big data — that it hopes will offer an alternative way of protecting the planet. For all our sakes, let’s hope it works.
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China’s other half: Wilderness
China is known for its megacities, but 42% of it is wilderness — the barren and primitive, but also pockets of spectacular biodiversity. As the country’s adventurers discover the joy of exploring these places, they are challenging preconceived notions of China’s relationship with nature. They also bring the power to destroy or protect.
Is China going to eat Pakistan’s fish?
There have been multiple reports of Chinese trawlers off the coast of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The Chinese consul-general in Karachi says they have not engaged in illegal fishing, but locals fear for the future of their fish stocks.
A boots-on-the-rooftop view of China’s solar photovoltaic boom
Can private companies make a profit pursuing clean energy? In one eastern China province, at least so far, the answer is yes.
China is providing the world a roadmap to an electrified future
Clean and affordable private transportation is the element missing from so many urban plans for more climate-friendly living. With its rail system, public transportation, and abundance of electric two-wheelers, China is offering the developing world a model for transitioning into clean energy.
Gold in the sewage: An environmental monitoring SME focused on water lists in Shanghai
Bescient Technologies produces automated systems for monitoring water quality, and its IPO application has just been approved.
The performative state of China’s environmental governance
Iza Ding, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses how performative and substantive governance influence environmental protection efforts in China.
The monk vs. the tigers: A story of Chinese environmental change
A compassionate monk arrived at an abandoned temple near Hangzhou with the task of making the area safe from tiger attacks. His tactics weren’t groundbreaking, but his results — at least for historians — tell us more about the region than we could have otherwise known.
Between planet and Party, China’s decarbonized future is hazier than ever
As Europe burns and China swelters through a merciless summer, the Paris climate goals are a distant mirage. Determined to double China’s GDP by 2035 and overtake the U.S., it seems impossible that Xi Jinping can meet both his political and environmental commitments.
‘Trash Talk’: A marine debris exhibition in Hong Kong
A small-scale exhibition entitled “Trash Talk” highlighted the work of a beach cleanup collective in Hong Kong and invited visitors to reflect on their contribution to marine waste.