Chinese research perspectives on the environment

Contents
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Chapter 1 China’s Growing Environmental Civil Society
Chapter 2 Lessons from “APEC Blue” about Air Pollution Control in China
Chapter 3 Controlling Aggregate Coal Consumption: Plans and Policies
Chapter 4 Revisiting the Private Automobile Ownership Debate after 20 Years
Chapter 5 Soil Remediation: Still a Long Road Ahead
Chapter 6 Progress in China’s Environmental Legislation in 2014
Chapter 7 The Financial Sector and Environmental Risks: Understanding the New Environmental Protection Law
Chapter 8 Recent Developments in Environmental Criminal Justice
Chapter 9 Environmental Information Disclosure Made Breakthroughs in 2013–2014
Chapter 10 China’s New Urbanization Plan and Sustainable Consumption
Chapter 11 The Imminent Threat of Tropical Viruses: Lessons from the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in Africa
Chapter 12 Chinese React to Jack Ma’s Hunting Trip to UK
Chapter 13 Reflections on Outbound Investment by China’s Mining Industry
Chapter 14 A Case for Banning Illegal Timber Imports in China
Chapter 15 Chinese Involvement in Brazil’s Development: Massive Investments Bring Environmental and Cultural Challenges
Chapter 16 China’s Role in Antarctic Marine Conservation
Chapter 17 Real-time Information Disclosure under Blue Sky Roadmap II
Chapter 18 An NGO Review of China’s Carbon Market
Chapter 19 Perverse Incentives: Electricity Generation through Waste Incineration and Renewable Energy Subsidy
Appendix I Chronicle of Major Events in 2014
Appendix II Green Book of Environment Evaluation of China’s Environmental Performance in 2014
Appendix III Air Quality Ranking for 2014 of Provincial Capitals and Central Government-Controlled Municipalities
Appendix IV List of Environmental Protection Laws and Regulations Released in 2014
Appendix V A Letter to the Government about Mandatory Protective Book Jackets
Appendix VI Friends of Nature Suggestions for Amending the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law