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Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River

De : R. Edward Grumbine
Lu par : Stephen McLaughlin
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    Narrator Stephen McLaughlin uses a slow, deliberate pace to emphasize the serious nature of Ed Grumbine's primer on the key environmental issues that China faces as it continues its economic development. Grumbine focuses on Yunnan province, one of the richest natural areas in the world and the site of the Nujiang river, which was on the verge of being dammed when a 2004 government moratorium stopped construction. Listeners will find it easy to follow McLaughlin's descriptions of Grumbine's experiences as he hikes through the region, speaking with locals, activists, scholars, and policy makers to find out whether Yunnan could become a pioneer of sustainable growth in China.

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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 traveled 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, schoolchildren, 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; rubber for the global marketplace.

    Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River is an incisive look at the possible fates 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 United States come together to lead action on climate change? Far-reaching in its history and scope, this unique book shows us the real-world consequences of conservation and development decisions now being made in Beijing and beyond.

    ©2010 R. Edward Grumbine (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

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