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May 28, 2015

Where is China Growing?

By Benjamin Herst Want to understand China’s economic growth these days? The key might lie beyond China’s headline-grabbing megacities. In fact, it is China’s medium-sized cities that are leading the country’s economic growth, according to...

May 27, 2015

What Do Beijing’s Blue Skies Really Mean? It’s Too Soon to Say

By Anders Hove For the last few weeks people in Beijing have been talking about how uncharacteristically clear the air has been. Several news outlets have reported that Beijing’s pollution levels have shown improvement since...

May 13, 2015

Three Questions With: Jim Harris

Jim Harris, senior vice president at the International Crane Foundation, who is working with the Paulson Institute on a wetlands project at Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province, speaks about the importance of wetland management and...

Three Questions With: Chen Liwei

The Paulson Institute recently launched a Coastal Wetlands Conservation Network in China, allowing wetlands managers, nonprofits and academics to share best practices and information to improve conservation of the crucial—and severely threatened—ecosystems. Chen Liwei, who...

May 7, 2015

Climate Change and Air Quality News: May 7, 2015

Our Beijing-based Climate Change & Air Quality Program team share what they are reading and talking about A new Greenpeace East Asia report finds that more than a year since China initiated the Air Pollution...

Climate Change and Air Quality News: May 21, 2015

Our Beijing-based Climate Change & Air Quality Program team share what they are reading and talking about Maoyuan Power Company, registered in Shenzhen, has become the first private power company in the country which can...

Top Ten Principles for Clean Air in China

By Hal Harvey China’s air quality has become so bad that it literally takes years off a person’s life. According to one study, air pollution reduces the life expectancy of citizens in northern China by...

May 5, 2015

Why Baoding Tianwei’s bailout—and state-owned
enterprise reform—matter for the environment

By Merisha Enoe and Anders Hove Embed from Getty Images The reform of China’s state owned enterprises (SOEs) is a crucial factor not only in stimulating competition and future economic growth, but also for the...

May 4, 2015

Why China Can Avoid a Local Fiscal Crisis

By Houze Song View image | gettyimages.com   China’s local government debt problem has received headlines recently, for good reason. Local government fiscal expenditure accounts for more than 20% of China’s GDP. A 10% drop...

April 30, 2015

Climate Change and Air Quality News: April 29, 2015

Our Beijing-based Climate Change & Air Quality Program team share what they are reading and talking about The China National Renewable Energy Centre released a report that argues it is technically and economically feasible for the...