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When a Billion Chinese Jump: Voices from the Frontline of Climate Change
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Product Description
Traveling the vast country to witness this environmental challenge, Jonathan Watts moves from mountain paradises to industrial wastelands, examining the responses of those at the top of society to the problems and hopes of those below. At heart his book is not a call for panic, but a demonstration that -- even with the crisis so severe, and the political scope so limited -- the actions of individuals can make a difference.
Consistently attentive to human detail, Watts vividly portrays individual lives in a country all too often viewed from outside as a faceless state. No reader of his book -- no consumer in the world -- can be unaffected by what he presents.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #76932 in eBooks
- Published on: 2010-09-16
- Released on: 2010-09-16
- Format: Kindle eBook
- Number of items: 1
Editorial Reviews
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'Watts unveils the human realities behind the statistics.' --Nick Rennison, Sunday Times
'Not simply an indictment of China's development path: it is a lesson for us all in the dangers of how we live.' --Isabel Hilton, Guardian
'Fascinating, engaging and beautifully written ... A masterpiece.' --George Monbiot
About the Author
Jonathan Watts is the Guardian's Asia environment correspondent and recently covered the Copenhagen Climate Conference. He was short-listed for Foreign Correspondent of the Year at the 2006 British Press Awards, and he and his research assistant were awarded the One World Media Award for best press story in 2007. In 2009, he was a co-winner of the environment prize at the One World Media Awards for a series on the global food crisis.
