by Angel Hsu | Aug 9, 2012 | Sights
In a previous post, I mentioned the accolades Suzhou’s environmental monitoring received as the “best in the world,” from a US EPA official when she visited. I also had a chance to see for myself the regulation in action. We were taken to what...
by Angel Hsu | Aug 8, 2012 | Sights
While in Suzhou, I had the opportunity to meet with Liu Wenbao, the Vice Director of the city’s Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB). Mr. Liu is pictured above showing me the region of the now infamous Lake Tai, which in 2007 suffered a large algal bloom that...
by Angel Hsu | Aug 7, 2012 | Sights
Meet Li Juan, PhD – an engineer in the Atmospheric Monitoring Division of Shanghai’s Environmental Monitoring Centre (EMC). She prepares the daily air quality reports for the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau. Most of the process to retrieve the...
by Angel Hsu | Jul 27, 2012 | Sights
by Angel Hsu | Jul 27, 2012 | Sights
While in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, we went to one of the three most famous tourist attractions in the town: a 3,500 year storied natural spring, called Baotu Spring. I wasn’t really sure why my assistant Mia was so excited about what she referred...
