{"product_id":"in-search-of-green-china-hardback-9781509557219","title":"In Search of Green China (Hardback) 9781509557219","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn Search of Green China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMa Tianjie (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509557219, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.1 x 14.5 x 2.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Everyone knows China is a green energy colossus with a powerful grip on the world's solar, wind, battery and electric car markets. The story of its struggle to clean up its notoriously polluted air and rivers is less well known and as this book shows, not unlike some battles fought by western environmental campaigners.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePilita Clark, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 'Best Summer Books of 2025: Environment Science and Technology'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Forensic\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsabel Hilton, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent new book… Ma anchors his story in the struggles and perspectives of bureaucrats, journalists, activists, scientists and concerned citizens.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChina Books Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A highly nuanced portrayal of the complex politics behind China's efforts to address its most pressing environmental problems. A wonderful addition to our understanding of how Chinese politics really work.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth C. Economy, Hargrove Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This insightful book by prominent Chinese environmental campaigner Ma Tianjie features rarely heard reflections on some of the most critical moments and individuals in China's arduous journey toward environmental sustainability.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMa Jun, Goldman Environmental Prize Winner and Founding Director of the Institute for Public and Environmental Affairs, China\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Delighted to see the recognition here for China's brave environmental campaigners in their country's efforts to reimagine the relationship between industrial society and nature. This book is a useful account of the journey taken by the world's biggest emitter to move away from a high-carbon trajectory, and to accept that long-term national strength is less about boosting GDP and more about building natural capital.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Watts, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e global environment editor and author of \u003ci\u003eWhen a Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save the World – or Destroy It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ma Tianjie's \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Green China\u003c\/i\u003e is the insider's account we have been waiting for. Mr. Ma's deep experience and personal relationships with key figures in the Chinese environmental movement inform his insightful analysis, historical perspective, and great narrative style. Here is a nuanced and complex portrait of China's environmental journey.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Shapiro, author of \u003ci\u003eChina's Environmental Challenges\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is required reading for everyone concerned with the environmental fate of the Earth.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert B. Marks, Emeritus Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Whittier College, and author of \u003ci\u003eChina: An Environmental History\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Remind[s] us that the barriers to climate action are not always as obvious as they may seem.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe world cannot address its pressing environmental problems without China. But can China be relied upon as a steadfast steward of nature, as its leaders have claimed in recent years?\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e Prominent environmental campaigner and reporter Ma Tianjie gets to the heart of China’s remarkable ecological transformation to answer this question. He takes us on a journey through the country’s thirty-year struggle to clean up its rivers, clear its air and stabilize carbon emissions, drawing out the complex political impulses that have helped and hindered progress. Anchoring his storytelling in some of China’s major environmental challenges - from Beijing’s ‘airpocalypse’ to the cancer villages of the Huai River basin, he shows how the ideas and actions of few extraordinary individuals were critical in changing China from a heavily polluted country to a place where environmental issues are high on the agenda. The complex ecological tapestry Ma paints illuminates the key ideas, experiences and influences that have shaped China’s environmental consciousness and will continue to frame the search for green China well into the twenty-first century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNote on Chinese Names\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1.   The River\u003cbr\u003e 2.   The Dam\u003cbr\u003e 3.   The Hurricane\u003cbr\u003e 4.   The Incinerator \u003cbr\u003e 5.   The Smog \u003cbr\u003e 6.   The Peak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441813254424,"sku":"9781509557219","price":44.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509557219.jpg?v=1785026870","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-search-of-green-china-hardback-9781509557219","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}