When a billion Chinese jump :

By: Watts, Jonathan, 1967-Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Faber, 2011Description: viii, 483 p. : maps ; 20 cmISBN: 9780571239825 (pbk.) :Subject(s): China -- Environmental conditions | Environmental protection -- China | Environmental policy -- China -- Citizen participation | China -- Politics and government -- 2002- | China -- Economic conditions -- 2000- | Environment and ecologyDDC classification: 363.7009510905 LOC classification: GE160Summary: With foul air, filthy water, rising temperatures and encroaching deserts, China is already suffering an environmental disaster. Now it faces a stark choice: either accept catastrophe, or make radical changes. 'When a Billion Chinese Jump' tells the story of China's - and the world's - biggest crisis.
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Originally published: 2010.

With foul air, filthy water, rising temperatures and encroaching deserts, China is already suffering an environmental disaster. Now it faces a stark choice: either accept catastrophe, or make radical changes. 'When a Billion Chinese Jump' tells the story of China's - and the world's - biggest crisis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.