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Video | Saving the Bar-Tailed Godwit

Every autumn, the bar-tailed godwit takes an amazing nine-day nonstop journey from Alaska to New Zealand, traveling nearly the entire length of the Pacific Ocean. In preparation for the flight, the birds fatten to 600 grams, about...

Should Beijing Aim For Higher Inflation?

By Houze Song China’s October inflation data reaffirms that deflation is now no longer as much of a concern for China as it has been over the past two years, when the overall price index...

Anders Hove: “Looking beyond the gigawatts in China’s power plan”

Chinadialogue: Migratory birds in peril from trappers

Autumn again and countless birds are preparing to fly south for the winter, unaware of what their journey will bring. During China’s National Day holiday in early October, volunteers took down two large swathes of illegal...

How China Can Save Its Threatened Coastal Wetlands

About 60 percent of China’s coastal wetlands—crucial ecosystems that help protect coastal communities from rising sea levels and extreme weather and provide a stopover for millions of migratory birds—have disappeared since the 1950s as a...

The Paulson Institute Newsletter – November 2016

Wendy Paulson on the Magic of Mai Po

When it comes to birding, Wendy Paulson admits that she has surpassed her husband Hank. True, Hank was into birds before she was. As a young boy, long before his illustrious career at Goldman Sachs...

Video | The Economic Value of Wetlands

China’s wetlands aren’t just about birds. As this short video shows, they have significant economic value, providing some $30 billion USD in ecosystem services to the millions of people who live in the country’s coastal...

Damien Ma: “Can Xi Pivot From China’s Disrupter-in-Chief to Reformer-in-Chief?”

Looking Beyond the Gigawatts in China’s New Electricity Sector Five-Year Plan

By Anders Hove China’s new electricity sector five year plan, released last week, has drawn criticism from the environmental community because of targets for increased coal power capacity and slower growth for renewable power. But...