Revisiting Burtynsky

(Thanks to my friend Oki for alerting me to this video!)
Back in July, I wrote about photographer Ed Burtynsky’s journey through China in the documentary, “Manufactured Landscapes,” directed by Jennifer Baichwal. See my original post here. And check out Burtysnky’s personal Web site here.
In a follow-up to that original post, here’s a video from February [...]

Spotlight on the Trib’s Beijing correspondent, Evan Osnos

As someone who won a scholarship from the Overseas Press Club, I have always admired foreign correspondents, especially those who are not only talented writers, but who are also sensitive enough to pinpoint the nuances of a complicated story and smart enough to draw out the bigger picture.
Evan Osnos, the Chicago Tribune’s Beijing bureau chief, [...]

A convo with Yang Fuqiang

Last month, I posed a question to the “Expert Roundtable” of The New York Times “Choking on Growth” series, which examines “the human toll, global impact and political challenge of China’s epic pollution crisis.”
Here’s what Yang Fuqiang of the Beijing office of the Energy Foundation had to say:
Why is large-scale sustainable development not happening [...]

Elliott: ResponsibleChina ‘worth a mention’

Thanks to Rob Elliott over at Globalisation and the Environment for recommending ResponsibleChina to his readers in his post, “Top 10 Environmental Economics Blogs.” Among the “Top 10″ were the following blogs, which I’ve scanned for recent articles about China:

Environmental Economics: Economists on Environmental and Natural Resources: News, Opinion, and Analysis. (Can China Play [...]

Book: Made in Anywhere-But-China

Another great podcast from asap:

Making peace with ‘Made in China’

The new book “A Year Without ‘Made in China’” details business journalist Sara Bongiorni’s efforts not to buy any products made in that booming country for 12 months — from sneakers to mousetraps, toy swords to cargo pants.
Bongiorni emphasizes her intention to present her book from [...]