"The heaviest rain in six decades"

"The heaviest rain in six decades"

by | 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...

Xi'an: Mantras for Environmental Monitoring

by | 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...
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