weekly news digest 2009-10-18
Blogging the conference on eco-aesthetics at Shu Yen University: China’s contribution to sustainable development http://bit.ly/1xCHPj #
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china’s greatest contribution to sustainable development
This week I'm at a conference on eco-aesthetics at Shu Yen University in Hong Kong. Today we heard the opening speech from Prof. ZENG Fangren, the former president of Shandong University. He runs a research institute on aesthetics, and is...
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weekly news digest 2009-10-11
Eight Ideas Behind China's Success, including Confucian values http://bit.ly/15BW5l # My think tank article "China's Quest for an Ecologically Sustainable Culture" at Atlantic-Communtiy.org http://bit.ly/XM7CB #
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weekly news digest 2009-10-04
Confucius's birthday leads Google to doodle http://bit.ly/QD0m6 # Conference on Daoism Today: Science, Health, Ecology, Los Angeles, June 2-6, 2010 http://bit.ly/u327f # Change in offing in China, prof says. - - An interview with me in the The Whig Standard...
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china’s transition to sustainability
The following is reproduced from today's Kingston Whig-Standard. Change in offing in China, prof says Posted By PAUL SCHLIESMANN Behind today's show of military might celebrating its 60th anniversary, the People's Republic of China is undergoing significant environmental policy change,...
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Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27
UN climate chief says China poised to lead the world on climate change. http://bit.ly/WmNEL # China in the green spotlight -- a useful summary of China's environmental situation http://bit.ly/QUMvr # China Daily praises Confucius, the sage of sages http://bit.ly/C1SBz #...
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china must talk to its religious leaders to create a culture of ecological sustainability
Over the past sixty years China has achieved something close to a miracle when compared with other developing nations. It by and large manages to feed, educate, house and employ its own people. It is not involved in futile and...
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Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20
Old is the new new. Young urban Chinese choose traditional arts, culture and beliefs. http://bit.ly/SZaKf # Amid calls for a ban on public evangelism, Singapore PM warns of the negative effects of aggressive proselytizing. http://bit.ly/8Vla0 # China needs low-carbon development...
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Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13
Tensions high after Urumqi unrest. "The riots and protests came as a huge embarrassment to the Chinese government." http://bit.ly/SoBi8 # China claims to have spent 1 trillion yuan (US$146billion) in ecological conservation over the past decade http://bit.ly/2msnz1 # Singapore teenage...
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Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06
We Are All Madoffs - Our relationship to the natural world is a Ponzi scheme http://bit.ly/2L7edN # Chinese environmentalists win prestigious Magsaysay prize http://bit.ly/mPanr # Chinese govt. backed biopic of Confucius, starring Chow Yun-Fat http://bit.ly/40qqUM # Malaysia Star reports on...
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