Title
Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River: Nature and Power in the People's Republic of China,Used
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Chinas meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factoriesevery river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiangs 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 Chinas Yunnan province to find out. He was driven by a single question: could this last fragment of wild nature withstand Chinas unrelenting development? But as he hiked through deepcut emerald mountains, backcountry villages, and burgeoning tourist towns, talking with trekking guides, schoolchildren, and rural farmers, he discovered that the problem wasnt as simple as growth versus conservation.In its struggle to 'build a welloff society in an allround 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? Farreaching in its history and scope, this unique book shows us the realworld consequences of conservation and development decisions now being made in Beijing and beyond.
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