by Angel Hsu | Jul 27, 2012 | Sights
While in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province and only 1.5 hours from Beijing by high-speed rail, I ran across their Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system. I didn’t even realize that Jinan had BRT (but let’s be honest, I didn’t even know or think about...
by Angel Hsu | Jul 22, 2012 | Sights
On Saturday, we were stranded in Xi’an due to “the heaviest rain in six decades” to hit Beijing. In some places, rain was as high as 4 meters, and 37 people were killed. It is extremely fortuitous that I made a last-minute decision to cancel our...
by Angel Hsu | Jul 21, 2012 | Sights
Yesterday, I met with the Xi’an Environmental Monitoring Center in Shaanxi Province. My interview strategy has generally been to reach out to the provincial Environmental Protection Bureaus (EPBs) as well as to the Environmental Monitoring Centers (EMCs) to...
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...
