On Fang Lizhi (1936–2012)

By Perry Link on May 10, 2012

Fang Lizhi, a distinguished professor of astrophysics, luminary in the struggle for human rights in contemporary China, and frequent contributor to The New York Review, died suddenly on the morning of April 6. At age seventy-six he had not yet retired, and was preparing to leave home to teach a class when he commented to his wife that he did not feel quite right. She urged him to stay home and he agreed, saying he would call his department secretary to explain. A few minutes later he had died in his chair at his home office.

Wukan Daily Life

By Sim Chi Yin on May 9, 2012

While village elections are widespread in China, it’s rare for the Party not to exert pressure over the selection of candidates. When the Guangdong province village of Wukan held elections in February and March 2012, however, they were notably free from interference from above. These elections represented the culmination of three months of struggle between the villagers and provincial government. In September 2011, Wukan villagers began protesting the illegal seizure and sale of their land by local Party cadres.

A dream of blue skies

By Ma Jun on May 8, 2012

These days, I often travel abroad for work. When I fly over international cities such as London, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo and Melbourne, it isn’t the skyscrapers my fellow countrymen so admire that affect me most deeply, but the clearness of the air.

World Wildlife Fund

on May 8, 2012

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WWF works in over 100 offices around the world, including a team that is spread across China, which means we can work locally on conservation challenges that need global cooperation and local expertise.

WWF works with a diverse range of people on numerous projects.  People are involved whether we are working on protecting China’s finless porpoise, or working on grassroots conservation projects that protect native habitats and species. We also aim to inspire people to take real action for the future of our planet.


ChinaFAQs

on May 8, 2012

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ChinaFAQs is a project facilitated by the World Resources Institute that provides insight into critical questions about Chinese policy and action on energy and climate change.

The ChinaFAQs network is comprised of U.S.-based experts, including researchers at U.S. universities and government laboratories, independent scholars, and other professionals.

China’s big spend on green power

By Jonathan Watts on May 8, 2012

This is the other side of China’s development. Although it is the world’s biggest CO2 emitter and notorious for building the equivalent of a 400 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station every three days, it is also erecting 36 wind turbines a day and building a robust new electricity grid to send this power thousands of kilometres across the country from the deserts of the west to the cities of the east.