China's Engine of Environmental Collapse 0745341551, 9780745341552

As the world hurtles towards environmental oblivion, China is leading the charge. The country's CO2 emissions are m

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English Pages 320 [321] Year 2020

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Richard Smith

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Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
A Note on the Name of Rivers in this Volume
Introduction: China as an Environmental Rogue State
1. The "China Price": Police-State Capitalism and the Great Acceleration of Global Consumption
2. "Blind Growth": Scenes of Planetary Destruction from the Twelfth Five-Year Plan
3. The Damage Done: The Poisoning of China's Water, Soil and Foods
4. Cooking the Planet for What End?
5. China's Engine of Environmental Collapse
6. Guanxi and the Game of Thrones: Wealth, Property, and Insecurity in a Lawless System
7. Grabbing the Emergency Brake
8. The Next Chinese Revolution
Appendix
References
Index

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