by Angel Hsu | Dec 6, 2011 | China, Climate, UNFCCC
This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs. By Angel Hsu, Max Song, and Jonathan Smith on Dec 2, 2011 Interview with China energy expert Jiang Kejun, Energy Research Institute, NDRC As the first week of the UN climate negotiations in Durban are underway, one of the...
by Angel Hsu | Nov 23, 2011 | China, Climate, UNFCCC
This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs and WRI Insights. By Deborah Seligsohn and Angel Hsu As its negotiators head to Durban, South Africa for the next round of the UNFCCC climate negotiations, China can point to significant progress in domestic climate policy...
by Angel Hsu | Nov 23, 2011 | Air quality, China, Data
This post originally appeared on the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy Blog. Beijing’s air quality dominated international headlines when discrepancies arose last month between official monitoring data and U.S. Embassy measurements. Pictures of stifling...
by Angel Hsu | Nov 1, 2011 | Air quality, China
My friend Daniel Ng alerted me to this James Fallows piece on poor Beijing air quality that has sent netizens a-flurry over the recent streak of bad air. Fallows included the typical photographic evidence of smoggy Beijing skylines as a reference. I think Fallows...
by Angel Hsu | Oct 20, 2011 | Air quality, China, Policy
This post originally appeared on China Dialogue. China’s move to start measuring deadly air pollutant PM 2.5 for the first time signals a shift towards greater openness on the state of the environment, writes Angel Hsu. The news late last month from China’s...
by Angel Hsu | Aug 31, 2011 | China, Policy
This post originally appeared on the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy blog. In March, China released its 12th Five-Year Plan – a blueprint outlining the key economic and development targets for the country over the next few years. Unlike previous Plans,...
