by Angel Hsu | Jul 19, 2012 | Sights
The Inner Mongolian EPB took us out to see a 草原（grassland), for which the province is well-known for. They took us to 四子王旗 2A Tourist Attraction grassland (yes, tourist attractions in China are rated with a star-rating (星级）according to how quality it is. For some...
by Angel Hsu | Jul 19, 2012 | Sights
My first stop when I came back to Beijing was to meet with our partners at the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, who we collaborated with on the “Towards a China Environmental Performance Index” project. I was excited to hear about all of the...
by Angel Hsu | Jul 16, 2012 | Sights
Outside my apartment in Beijing, residents of a neighboring building have taken to the streets to protest the management’s decision to shut off power and hot water for the day. Apparently there was a disagreement between the previous and current management that...
by Angel Hsu | Jul 11, 2012 | Sights
The above quote is from an article in the Global Times regarding the recent environmental protests against a heavy-metals refinery in Shifang, which is located in Sichuan province. Thousands of Chinese citizens have taken to the streets to protest, and it’s...
by Angel Hsu | Jul 10, 2012 | China, Sights
Great news – Beijing finally has a bike-sharing program! Now I don’t have to worry when the next time my bike is stolen (notice I said *when and not *if), where I’ll be able to easily get a set of wheels to help navigating Beijing’s extremely...
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