Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Environmental Movement

The Asia Society has published an interview with Liu Jianqing, a journalist and environmentalist.

Liu former senior investigative reporter at Southern Weekend, China's most influential investigative newspaper, where he provided front-line and in-depth coverage of China's burgeoning environmental movement. Some of Liu's most influential articles include his 2004 expose on the controversial Tiger Leaping Gorge dams in Yunnan province. The story was personally read by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, who then ordered the project to be suspended pending a central government investigation. Liu's 2005 article on the Summer Palace lake reconstruction resulted in the State Environmental Protection Administration holding China's first state-level public environmental hearing.

Plus, tons more awesome stuff at the Asia Society society website:
http://www.asiasociety.org/centers/northern-california

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