This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post. Beijing, the most liveable city in China? “The best joke all year,” said Weibo user Ren Fei. Not intended as a joke, Beijing emerged as the most liveable Chinese city in the Economist Intelligence Unit...
This post originally appeared on China Dialogue. The photo is by Han Zun Zeng on Flickr.com. China’s leaders drafting the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) should remember that targets are only one tool for tackling air pollution. As China’s policymakers mull the...
My friend Yang Chu alerted me to a recent update Meitu, the most popular Chinese photo-editing app, has made. It now includes a “desmog” filter that one can apply to photos to allow an embrace of “blue skies.” I tested the app using several...
This piece was co-written with William Miao. It originally appeared on ChinaFAQs. Amidst headlines detailing off-the-charts air pollution in Beijing, it may come as a surprise that China’s latest environmental scorecard does boast bright spots. The 2014 Yale...
Roger Peng, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, recently spoke at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies about his research estimating the health benefits of reducing...
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