A new documentary on China’s air pollution problem by a former CCTV journalist has gripped the Chinese public and is forcing the government to own up to the severity of its environmental challenge. If you haven’t seen it already, a new 103-minute...
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...
(Hsu et al/The Atlantic) View full-screen mapBy Angel Hsu and Alisa Zomer. This post initially appeared on The Atlantic. In March, the World Health Organization estimated that air pollution was responsible for 7 million premature deaths in 2012. That’s one out of...
In January, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) announced the signature of “air pollution control and target responsibility” contracts (大气污染防治目标责任书) that bind all 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China to air...
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