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Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River : Nature and Power in the People's Republic of China, Hardback Book

Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River : Nature and Power in the People's Republic of China Hardback

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China's meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams.

Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories - every river but one.

Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang's raging waters were on the verge of being dammed when a 2004 government moratorium halted construction.

Might the Chinese dragon bow to the angry river? Would Beijing put local people and their land ahead of power and profit?

Could this remote region actually become a model for sustainable growth?

Ed Grumbine travelled to the far corners of China's Yunnan province to find out.

He was driven by a single question: could this last fragment of wild nature withstand China's unrelenting development?

But as he hiked through deep-cut emerald mountains, backcountry villages, and burgeoning tourist towns, talking with trekking guides, school children, and rural farmers, he discovered that the problem wasn't as simple as growth versus conservation. In its struggle to 'build a well-off society in an all-round way', Beijing juggles a host of competing priorities: health care for impoverished villagers; habitat for threatened tigers, cars for a growing middle class; clean air for all citizens; energy to power new cities; and, rubber for the global marketplace.

All the issues China faces are bound together - and to larger forces in Asia, the United States, and the world. "Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River" is an incisive meditation on the fate of China and the planet.

Will the Angry River continue to flow? Will Tibetan girls from subsistence farming families learn to read and write?

Can China and the U.S. come together to lead action on climate change? Far-reaching in its history and scope, this unique book pieces together the many facets of conservation and development in China, from the poorest rural hamlets to a globalized world.

Ed Grumbine doesn't have a crystal ball, but he does show us the real-world consequences of decisions now being made in Beijing and beyond.

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