This path-breaking collection covers the significance of China's extreme environmental challenges for both Chinese society and the world, how these challenges a

China's huge environmental challenges are significant for us all. They affect not only the health and well-being of China but the very future of the planet. In

China’s huge environmental challenges are significant for us all. They affect not only the health and well-being of China but the very future of the planet. I

China's deepening health crisis reveals the fragility of the party-state and undercuts China's ability to project influence internationally.

In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth", a disturbing book. This new volume, drawn on a