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China’s Grey Revolution
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China Environment Forum Convener, Information Clearinghouse, Matchmaker Cooperative Competitors: Building New US-China Clean Energy Networks Choke Point: China Exploring the Water-Energy Nexus Environmental & Energy Governance
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Exploring China’s Grey Revolution (a.k.a the Environmental Movement) Failure of Top-Down Pollution Control Policies: Sparks Laws and Other Efforts to Create Political Space for Citizens and NGOs Expansion of Bottom-Up Eco-Warriors: Chinese NGOs, International NGOs, Journalists, Laobaixing, & Students (& GONGOs?) Challenges Facing Chinese NGOs
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Xiaoxing textile mill Source: Edward Burtynsky
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Source: china-sourcing-agent.com
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Source: chesamelnewsblog.com
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Source: pictobank.com
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Source: businessinsider.com
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Source: indiatransportportal.com
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Source: cargocycling.com Beijing’s Airpocalypse
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Gansu Source: Associated Press
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Rivers Run Red, Green, Denim Blue.... ~35% Rivers Grade IV, V & V+ 300+ Million Lack Access to Clean Water
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Guanqiao Lake Source: themysteryworld.com
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Jiangxi province Source: Associated Press
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Guiyu E-waste Source: thetechnologicalcitizen.com Unseen Groundwater Contamination
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Reuters/China Daiily.. (March 31, 2013) : If you Think China’s Air is Bad you Should see the Water, Business Insider. http://www.businessinsider.com/china-water-pollution-2013-3?op=1 Threats to Food Security
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China’s Watergy Hunger
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Greenpeace:http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5660-China-s-street-protests-won-t-change-failing-system The True Cost of Coal
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Mind the Gap Left By Weak Institutions
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Top-Down Green Revolution
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Ma Jun IPE Bottom-Up Pressures for Change
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Promoting Transparency & Empowering the Public
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Two investigative reports Nanjing-based Green Stone conducted investigation of nearby supplier Apple met with groups in 2011 Apple now conducting audits IPE & Other NGOs Go After Apple
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Liang Congjie Source: The Guardian
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NGO Coalitions Undercover Investigations/Tapping News Media Empowering Communities Information Politics Naming and Shaming Supply-Chain Analysis Symbolic Politics Partnering with Businesses “Taking a Walk” Public Interest Lawsuits Harder Hitting Bottom-Up Strategies
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Story of Two Rivers & Two Journalists Dai Qing Photo Credit: http://www.ires.ubc.ca/2010/11/02/dai-qing/ Wang Yongchen Photo Credit: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1841778_1841781_1841806,00.html
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Shi Lihong and Xi Zhinong Source: www.facetofacemedia.ca
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Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey By Xi Zhinong
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Liu Jianqiang Source: cawa.fr " As a journalist, my job should be focused on writing a good report. But half of my effort is spent on considering how to get a story past the censors and the likelihood of punishment.”
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Tiger Leaping Gorge Source: international rivers
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Information politics Source: chinadigitaltimes.net
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Symbolic politics Source: Greenpeace
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Phosphate mining in panda habitat, Sichuan Source: Greenpeace
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Industrial Water Pollution Campaign Source: Greenpeace
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Greenpeace Detox campaign Source: vimeo.com
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Greenpeace Detox campaign Source: Greenpeace
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Greenpeace Detox campaign Source: cdn.greenprophet.com
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Image from Greenpeace’s Poisoning the Pearl Report : http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/planet-2/report/2009/12/poisoning-the-pearl.pdf NRDC’s Clean By Design Initiative Greenpeace China’s Poisoning the Pearl Report Engaging Business
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NGOs, INGOs, & GONGOs Trying Out Public Interest Law Angle
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Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims Wang Canfa, CLAPV www.circlofblue.org/reignofsand
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Reporting on Illegal Gold Mining in Liaoning Province
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Mind the Gaps Most Chinese NGOs Small & Unregistered Competition from GONGOs (Some Help!) Government Pressure Funding Dependent on International Orgs (BUT Domestic Funding Increasing) Many NGOs Led By Charismatic Leader— Questions of Institutionalization Capacity Challenges
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Source: New York Times/Associated Press “Taking a Walk” Chengdu, 2008
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“Taking a walk” Protest in Dalian, 2012 Source: BBC
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Dalian PX protests Source: Reuters
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Dalian PX Source: Associated Press
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Source: globalvoicesonline.com Incinerator Protest in Guangzhou, 2009
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Source: Associated Press Haining solar panel factor protests, 2011
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Citizens Filling Waste Recycling Gap
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