Sustainable Development Modern country, persistent smallholder: Explaining the puzzle of Thailand’s truncated agrarian transition September 3, 2018 0 Written by Jonathan Rigg Why are there so many smallholder farming households in Thailand? That might seem obvious: because Thailand is a kingdom of farmers…
Business Where is China’s Textile and Apparel Industry Going? July 24, 2015 1 Written by Sheng Lu and Marsha A. Dickson. China is well known as the largest textile and apparel (T&A) producer and exporter in the world, yet…
China Food safety challenges call for big changes in Chinese food companies May 20, 2015 0 Written by Nicoletta Ferro. Ensuring food security, in terms of ongoing availability of food provisions, has always been one of the top priorities in the Chinese…
Sustainable Development Reducing Food Waste to Boost China’s Long-term Food Security May 19, 2015 0 Written by Zhang-Yue Zhou. What is food waste? According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, food waste at the consumption stage is…
China Duck-rice, honey bees and mandarins May 18, 2015 0 Written by Kathleen Buckingham. When asked to name a restoration project in China, the likelihood is that the Loess Plateau will come to mind. The hilly, semi-arid…
Sustainable Development China’s environment, modernisation and investigative reporting April 10, 2015 0 Written by Jingrong Tong. In a recent book I examined environmental risk discourses constructed through environmental investigative reports and their contribution to offsetting the hegemonic discourse of…
Development The Three Gorges Dam: China’s Clean Energy Hero or Villain? March 27, 2015 1 Written by Christopher Dent. Hydropower remains by far the world’s dominant renewable energy source for producing electricity, still well over twice the combined installed global…
Sustainable Development Fighting the Water Giant: Lawsuits against Veolia in China March 21, 2015 0 Written by Wang Xinhong and Hermann Aubié. One month ago in Lanzhou, a heavily industrialized city of 3.6 million people in the northwestern province of…
Climate Change China’s Twin Quests for Energy Security and Low-carbon Transition September 11, 2014 0 Written by Guy C.K. Leung. Another round of the UN climate conference will be held in New York on 23 September, and it is a good…
Climate Change Climate Change Legislation: China Has Politics, Too September 11, 2014 0 Written by Terry Townshend. National legislation is often cited as a critical element of a credible and effective international response to climate change. National laws not only…
