When a billion Chinese jump : how China will save mankind--or destroy it /
The Asia environmental correspondent for the "Guardian" delivers a fascinating, frontline account of the current environmental crisis in China, exploring how Beijing is balancing economic growth with sustainability and whether China will "emerge as the world's first green superpo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scribner,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Publisher description |
| Summary: | The Asia environmental correspondent for the "Guardian" delivers a fascinating, frontline account of the current environmental crisis in China, exploring how Beijing is balancing economic growth with sustainability and whether China will "emerge as the world's first green superpower" or tip our species "over the environmental precipice." |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 435 pages : maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781416580768 (pbk.) : 141658076X (pbk.) : |