"Traversing all of China, beginning in the mountainous northern Himalayan regions and ending in tropical southern Guangdong Province, Watts, (Asia environment correspondent, Guardian) explores a country mired in deep environmental crisis. A country that is on the brink of superpower status, the Chinese state is at the same time delicately balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability. With an accumulation of more than 300 interviews with residents across the country, Watts meticulously examines case studies of horrendous environmental degradation of wildlife refuges, industrial wastelands, greenhouse gases, water exploitation, melting glaciers, cancer villages, science parks, and coal-liquefaction mines. Whether well-intentioned or not, the Chinese government's experiments with alternative energy sources and biodiversity have had far greater adverse effects, as decision making is often at the mercy of local developers and bureaucracies more interested in profits than environmental protection. VERDICT Recommended for those interested in Chinese current affairs, travel memoir, or environmental policy." (LJ Reviews) Check Our Catalog
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