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When A Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Become the World's First Green Superpower or its Last Environmental Assassin - Jonathan Watts
When A Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Become the World's First Green Superpower or its Last Environmental Assassin
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When a Billion Chinese Jump The Asia environmental correspondent for the "Guardian" delivers a fascinating, frontline account of the current environmental crisis in China. Full description
When a Billion Chinese Jump The Asia environmental correspondent for the "Guardian" delivers a fascinating, frontline account of the current environmental crisis in China. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781416580768 (141658076X)
Publisher: Scribner
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction, History, Cultural, Environment, Nature, Economics, Culture, Politics, Asia, China
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4.5 Report from the front line
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Watts' evocative title is taken from his childhood prayer begging god to prevent the Earth being shaken from its axis by the force of the world's largest population landing in concert. His book offers no prospect of avoiding an equivalent catastrophe for the biosphere; 'China has jumped' he states, ...
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Other editions (4)
When A Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind Or Destroy It - Jonathan Watts
When A Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind -- Or Destroy It - Jonathan Watts
When a Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind - Or Destroy It. - Jonathan Watts
When A Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind -- Or Destroy It - Jonathan Watts
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