Getting to the Bottom of the Pollution Data
In my innocent attempt to pass along hard data on the effect of the four day test period in Beijing in August, I seem to have stepped into a bit of a controversy. In Fudging and Deleting Pollution Data, Josh at China Expat presents some very well reasoned arguments and data suggesting that the experiment was not at all successful, contrary to the view expressed by China Automotive Review. Anyone interested in hearing the other side of the argument should read his post in Daily Tea Leaves.
Meanwhile, I would be interested in hearing any other facts or opinions on this important subject.
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Tom Friedman on China’s Environment
As he so often does, Tom Friedman got right to the heart of the matter in China in Three Colors, his recent article on China’s environment.
While by no means understating its difficulty, Tom argues that China’s transition from communism to state-directed capitalism was much easier than the transition from dirty capitalism to clean capitalism is likely to be.
Converting the economy to capitalism went as well as it has, he believes, because China’s reform program unlocked the geyser of entrepreneurialism that has always had a strong basis in Chinese culture. The transition to clean capitalism will be more difficult because it requires controlling that geyser. (more…)
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