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August 30, 2009

Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30

By: James Miller

China is racing ahead of America in the drive to go solar http://bit.ly/zzCvw # China more important than America in leading the way to a global economic recovery http://bit.ly/qJamj # People’s Daily: China must get over its former humiliation and seek a new model for being a great country, http://bit.ly/8RltW # Facebook Conversations Used As […]

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August 25, 2009

what climate change means for religion in china

By: James Miller

Much intellectual discourse about Chinese philosophical and religious views of nature focuses on ideals such as harmony between humans and the natural world, or “forming one body with heaven and earth” (tian ren he yi). But when it comes to historical studies of Chinese environmental history, it’s hard to find instances of where this ideal […]

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August 23, 2009

Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23

By: James Miller

As Asia follows Western economic models, the West asks there any point in fighting to stave off industrial apocalypse? http://bit.ly/HP3xY # Organic agriculture is the key to China's food security http://bit.ly/KNBwC # Shanghai mayor sees bankers bereft of conscience. Confucian values challenge development of financial entrepreneurship http://bit.ly/v55Ev #

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August 16, 2009

Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16

By: James Miller

China closes factory after cadmium pollution protest http://bit.ly/1a01Vo # 138 children tested for excessive lead in blood in NW China http://bit.ly/23S6SY # Tainted tap water sickens 4,307 in N. China city http://bit.ly/6KcAS # China’s green leap forward | csmonitor.com http://bit.ly/5LmoN # From automotive to renewable energy manufacturing. If it can happen in Baoding, maybe it […]

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