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Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract.

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I know the government needs to ensure economic growth... we just hope it takes care of the environment, too.

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China has leapfrogged into this information age, and Web users have grown very significantly, which knocked down the cost of doing the environmental transparency.

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In China we need to do our own part to try to combat global climate change.

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One thing most people would agree is that climate change would add further uncertainties to our already quite tight water supply situation in China.

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Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing.

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In America, you complain about job losses because of China, but here, we carry all of the environmental costs.

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We can't go to courts in China, so we have to find alternate ways, like working with brands to try and create a level playing field by identifying the most obvious polluters.

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Everyone else has some interest in economic growth and development, which often happens at the expense of the environment and community. We need the other side to join this to check and balance.

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Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Environmentalist

Born: May 22nd, 1968

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