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Western companies should be blamed for China’s pollution
When talking with Chinese friends and co-workers about the pollution levels in Nanjing (awful compared to developed countries, but decent for Chinese cities), they are quick to point out that foreign...
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Winter is coming…and it’s bringing global warming
Last year I detailed just how miserable winters can be in China (here). Windows are left open or don’t even close to begin with, buildings lack any kind of insulation, and space heaters are required...
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The silver lining to China’s smog
When it comes to China’s environmental progress, it can be hard to find much of a silver lining. The front page of the newspaper in the office today showed Beijing choked with pollution, as over 200...
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China Has Conquered Nature
It’s no secret that I’m a man who loves to get outside. I love to hear the breeze in the leaves overhead and let the sun beat the sweat out of me as I lose myself on a trail. I appreciate it in a way...
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China’s Silent Spring
It would be easy to write a post about the difference between Malaysia and China and point to the joys of multiculturalism and democracy. However it wasn’t these things that jumped out most at me...
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The water is clean but the pipes are dirty – The puzzling state of China’s...
Last night a new arrival to the middle kingdom asked me whether or not the water was safe to drink. “It’s safe as long as I boil it, right?” she said with a worrying tone. The answer is yes, for the...
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China’s biggest environmental problem isn’t the air
Over the last year we’ve discussed the problem of air pollution nearly a dozen times, and while this is a pressing issue that effects hundreds of millions of people, there is a bigger environmental...
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Bringing water to the thirsty north – China’s South-North Water Transfer Project
As we saw yesterday, China’s water problem urgently needs solutions. As is often the case in China, the Party has pushed forward a single massive project as their favorite option. This project is known...
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“We can’t accept the fact that the trees will disappear”– the intangible...
One of the first things that a person notices when they arrive in Nanjing, is that unlike other Chinese cities, many of the main streets are lined with mature trees. Some of these trees were planted...
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Why didn’t the gov’t build this village a road?
Over the past few days, I’ve mentioned the village on the cliff several times, but haven’t yet discussed one of the biggest questions I had on my mind during my time there, Why didn’t the gov’t build...
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