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July 1, 2015

Climate Change and Air Quality News: July 1, 2015

Our Beijing-based Climate Change & Air Quality Program team share what they are reading and talking about Clear skies in Beijing: Environmental audits, carbon trading, and public shaming—all aimed at bringing more blue skies ...

Voices: Why China’s Market Crash Won’t Kill the Economy

By Andrew Batson The market decline will hurt plenty of little guys but may not have much impact on economic fundamentals One of the peculiarities of China’s huge domestic stock-market boom has been that it...

Voices: Why China’s Stock Market Crash Matters

By Houze Song Pensioners and punters are hurt by the market drop—and the overall economy may suffer, too The direct impact of China’s recent stock plunge on the world will be rather limited, since domestic...

June 30, 2015

Pinggu and Portland: Pioneers in Sustainable Living

By Chelsea Eakin [rev_slider Pinggu-Portland-Delegation] Beijing’s Pinggu District Communist Party Secretary Zhang Jifu is listening attentively, pen in hand. He has gathered nine local government leaders from the Pinggu development and planning, transportation, environmental...

June 25, 2015

The Limits of China’s Central Bank Power

By Houze Song As China's growth slows, many experts have been speculating on whether China will follow western countries and pursue ultra-loose monetary policy. However, distortions in the Chinese economy are preventing its central bank, the...

June 24, 2015

Beijing Blue Skies – Is this the New Normal?

This is a collaboration post written by the Paulson Institute's Anders Hove, Associate Director for China Research, Lauri Myllyvirta, Energy Campaigner from Greenpeace, and Calvin Quek, Head of Greenpeace East Asia's Sustainable Finance Program. The air quality...