Jonathan Watts: When a Billion Chinese Jump

“Jonathan Watts brings us up to date on China’s economic miracle and the environmental consequences not only for China but for the entire world. With wonderful travelogue-like writing, Watts takes us on an incredible journey through today’s China—and our tomorrow.”

“This is the environmental book that I am most looking forward to for 2010. I admire Jonathan Watts for his rigorous approach to journalism and his devotion to human stories at the grass roots.”

“A fascinating, engaging, and beautifully written book. Jonathan Watts shines a light onto an issue that affects us all but of which we are woefully ignorant. This book succeeds in both informing and entertaining us. It is a masterpiece.”

“This is a spectacularly important book, superbly researched and engagingly written. Jonathan Watts has given us a shocking eyewitness account of China’s environmental meltdown. It should be compulsory reading for all.”

“Watts has written a nationwide audit of where China’s environment stands as of the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century. His eyewitness accounts are the great strength of this important book.”

“An excellent read. A few good gags in it, too, something few writers on China dare ever to try.”

“Meticulously documented, wide-ranging account … this is a revealing and depressing book. There is no ‘middle truth’ in it. During his painstaking investigative journeys, which called on all his powers as a top-class reporter, Jonathan Watts concluded that ‘China has felt at times like the end of the world.’”

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