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dolls, 130–32, 134, 136, 146

Dong Zhiyong, 280–81

Dongba shamanistic culture, 7, 11

Dongtan, 232, 243

Dou Shuozeng, 264, 265

droughts, 54, 152, 190, 195, 197, 199, 202, 206, 311, 323

Dujiangyan waterworks, 44, 45, 46–47, 48, 53, 58

dust, from coal use, 157, 172, 173, 174, 205–6, 215, 222, 308

dust storms, 192, 193, 201–2, 297, 319, 323

E Yunlong, 304–5

earthquakes, 36–37, 43–49, 60–61

Earthwatch Institute, 144

Eastern Zhou period, 11

eco-city projects, 231–32, 235, 240–43, 322

eco-farming project, 256–57, 258–60

Ecological Civilization Research Center, 77

economic development

Guangdong Province and, 90–91

environmental problems and, 113–14

Henan Province and, 156

loss of farmland and, 122–23

manufacturing and, 109–10

water resources policy and, 221

wildlife conservation and, 67, 68, 76, 77

Yangtze dolphin (baiji) decline and, 64–65, 80

eco-tourism, 301

Elvin, Mark, 13, 153, 191, 216

Emmott, Bill, 113–14

endangered species, 13, 14, 32, 38, 62, 64–65, 67, 69–76, 92–93, 271, 281, 288, 289, 291

environment

China’s building of railway to Tibet and effects on, 30, 32

cleanup efforts and, 112–13, 114

coal industry and, 173–74

dams and water diversion projects and, 40, 45–46, 53–55, 56, 58

Guangdong Province development and, 84–85, 94–95

industrialization and, 159, 160

permafrost changes and, 29–30, 35–36, 37

recycling firms and, 88–89

resettlement of herders and, 33–35

Three Gorges Dam and, 51, 52–53

tree-planting projects and, 200–201, 278–79

environmental movement

dam construction and, 58

manufacturing pollution and, 109–11

population growth and, 152

“Scientific Development” policy and, 47, 115

wildlife conservation in Tibet and, 32

environmental policy

Caofeidian reclamation project and, 233–34

differences in approaches to, 67

economic development and, 67, 113–14

failure of, 289–91, 293

green (eco-city) approaches to new cities and, 231–32, 235, 240–43

new generation of scientists and, 56–57

pollution and, 159, 160, 300

“Scientific Development” and, 47

Shenyang, Liaoning Province, as a model of, 235

wealth creation using, 114

wealthier nations and, 94, 98

Environmental Protection Department (EPD), 274–75

Essay on the Principle of Population (Malthus), 86

ethnic riots, 41, 220

eutrophication, 262–63

Evelyn, John, 181–82

family-planning policy, 167–69, 189

famines, 134, 152, 155, 162, 189, 206, 240, 259

Fan Xiao, 61

farms, for endangered species, 69–73, 291

Feng Yongfeng, 284, 302

fertilizer, 54, 66, 168, 193, 194, 202, 252, 253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260–61, 262, 263, 264, 267, 292, 298, 311

flood-control projects, 45, 46, 50

floods, 192

food shortages, 260–61, 267–68

“Foolish Old Man Who Moved the Mountains, The” fable, 24–25

French, Paul, 143

Friedman, Thomas, 271

Friends of Nature, 299–300, 302

gangs, 91, 126, 137

Gansu Province, 187, 192, 197–202, 205–6, 217, 226, 296

garbage, and growth of cities, 125–26

genetically modified crops, 251–52, 255, 322–23

Genghis Khan, 207, 295

Giant Leap Forward, 53

giant Yangtze softshell turtle, 76

glaciers, 18, 35, 36, 39, 205–7, 213–16, 217, 219–20, 221, 222

global dimming, 296

Global Environment Fund, 273–74

Global Village, 302

global warming, 36, 174, 206, 207, 216–18, 219, 226, 228, 292, 296

Golmud, Qinghair Province, 31–33

Golmud-Lhasa railway (Sky Train), 24–40

Good Earth, The (Buck), 162

“Go West” policy, 121, 208, 218

GDPism, 104

Grand Canal, 54, 109

grasslands, 16, 18, 19, 34–35, 37, 122, 191, 192, 218, 295, 296, 297–98, 299, 305, 306, 307, 312, 314

Great Green Wall, 279, 280, 297

Great Leap Forward, 46, 47, 155, 166, 189, 198, 204, 205, 206, 255, 257, 278, 282, 321

Great Northern Wilderness, 271–74, 277–79, 284, 292

Great Wall, 116, 173, 185, 187, 190–91, 201, 203, 306, 314, 317

“Green” (song), 302

“green GDP,” 270, 291

Greenpeace, 36, 302

Green Revolution, 252, 256, 261

green tides, 266–67

Green Volunteers League, 302

Guangdong Province, 73, 84–89, 90–98, 217, 324

Guangxi Province, 73, 84, 91, 92, 217

Guo Kai, 55–56, 59, 321

Han River, 45, 54

Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 112, 320

Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 269, 274, 278

Harris, Richard, 38, 67, 68

haze, 79, 95, 117, 120, 123, 126, 151–52, 155, 172, 179, 185, 212, 235, 266, 267, 282

He Qing, 128

health problems

agricultural additives and, 256

air pollution and, 172–73, 179–80

birth defects and, 167, 173

blood farming and HIV infection and, 163–65

coal mining and, 174

economic development and pollution and, 114–15

obesity and, 134

pollution and, 84, 156–60, 172–73, 179–80

recycling programs and, 84, 89–90

heating systems, 238

Hebei Province, 104, 177, 179, 217, 230, 233, 299

Heilongjiang Province, 269–71, 275–79, 280, 281, 286, 288, 289, 292, 324

Henan Province, 53, 151–60, 199, 202, 209, 253, 257, 320

herders, 33–35, 40, 213–14, 218

Hezhe ethnic minority, 272

Hillary, Edmund, 37

Hilton, James, 5–6, 8, 9, 10, 20, 21

Himalaya mountain range, 27, 29–31, 35–36, 37, 56

Hitler, Adolf, 31

HIV infection rates, 163–65

Hong, Susan, 26

Hong Kong, 6, 26, 85, 86, 90, 91, 94, 95, 97, 121, 138, 142, 245, 296

Hu Chunhua, 308

Hu Jia, 10, 301, 305

Hu Jintao, 30, 45, 52, 58–59, 77, 112, 246, 270, 290, 304, 321, 322

Hu Yanhu, 107

Huai River, 45, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158–60, 276, 320

Huainan, Prince of, 12, 290

Huangbaiyu, Liaoning Province, 240–43

Huaxi, Jiangsu Province, 99–104, 115–17

hunting, in nature reserves, 77

Huo Daishan, 158

India, 55–56, 318

industrial development

Caofeidian reclamation project and, 233–34

dam construction and, 57–58

energy for, 172

in Henan Province, 156, 159

in Inner Mongolia, 308

pollution and, 85, 94, 99, 102, 103–4, 107, 108–10, 112, 114, 156, 157, 159, 178, 181, 193, 194, 230, 231, 233, 235, 244, 246, 263, 296, 299

water resources and, 221

in Xinjiang, 208, 212–13

Yellow River and, 193

Inner Mongolia, 55, 173, 186, 192, 193, 196, 202, 210, 217, 287, 293, 294–99, 301, 302, 306, 307, 308–9, 312, 317

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) technology, 184–85

International Union for Conservation of Nature, 281

iron industry, 108, 172, 178, 180, 241

irrigation projects, 45–46, 53, 54, 56, 108, 134, 155, 158, 196, 202, 205, 210–11, 216, 220, 252, 296

Jaguar cars, 141–42

Japan, 26, 48, 66, 80, 87, 109, 114, 116, 139, 154, 156, 207, 227, 229, 245, 273, 276, 278, 296, 313–14, 318, 320

Jia Zhangke, 50

Jiang Gaoming, 255–57, 258, 260

Jiang Rong, 305–7

Jiang Zemin, 47

Jiangjiazhuang Village, 256–57, 258–60

Jiangsu Province, 99–104, 112–13, 114, 115–17, 301

Jilin Province, 198, 275, 276, 278, 284

Jin dynasty, 10

Jinsha River, 45, 54, 58, 59

Kang Xi, 277–78

Kaifeng, 153, 165

Kazakh ethnic group, 205, 207, 208, 212, 213

Kekexili (film), 32

Kipling, Rudyard, 31

Klose, Christian, 61

Kublai Khan, 6, 312–13, 314, 317