How fast can you bring 1.3 billion people out poverty and into the modern world? That's the massive, unprecedented experiment China is running, and depending on how you look at it, it's either a triumph of human ingenuity or an ecological disaster. Whatever it is, China is one of the largest forces shaping the world today.
A round-up of Breakthrough's coverage of China
How fast can you bring 1.3 billion people out poverty and into the modern world? That's the massive, unprecedented experiment China is running, and depending on how you look at it, it's either a triumph of human ingenuity or an ecological disaster. Whatever it is, China is one of the largest forces shaping the world today.
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Don't Count on China to Put the Brakes on Development
What's our plan for transferring clean, low-cost energy to China?
Why an Emerging Chinese Middle Class is Good for the Environment
Pollution is nothing new in China, but prosperity and protests are.
China's Plea for Clean Energy
Can you ask a nation whose people are starving to lower its emissions?
China to be #1 in Wind Power
By next year, China will become the world's #1 manufacturer of wind turbines. At least two Chinese companies are about to unveil major export plans, flooding the market with cheaper turbines and posing a significant threat to the global wind...
Making Solar as Cheap as Coal in China
Global warming doesn't get solved until clean energy is within striking distance of the price of coal in China.
