by AngelHsu | Feb 25, 2012 | China, Climate
This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post. It may not be coincidental that soon after NBA Knicks’ Jeremy Lin dazzled the nation with a seemingly infallible jump-shot, China’s vice president, heir apparent and avid basketball fan Xi Jinping made...
by AngelHsu | Feb 20, 2012 | Air quality, China, Remote Sensing
This post originally appeared on China Dialogue. The Great Wall may not, after all, be visible from space – but Chinese air pollution is. A team of researchers at Battelle Memorial Institute and Columbia University, in collaboration with Yale University, recently...
by AngelHsu | Jan 22, 2012 | Air quality, China
Under much public pressure to release data on fine particulate matter, the Beijing government has incorporated preliminary measurements in real-time. Of course, there is a lot to be desired – the PM 2.5 is labeled as “for research purposes,” and is...
by AngelHsu | Jan 10, 2012 | China, Climate, UNFCCC
This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs. As part of its green diplomacy strategy and move to promote a positive image in Durban, China for the first time highlighted its own development aid in the context of South-South capacity building and financial assistance...
by AngelHsu | Dec 20, 2011 | China, Data, Indices
A report that my colleagues and I worked on for the last three years is finally available for public consumption. Below is the press release and a link to download the report. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A team of researchers jointly led by Yale University and Columbia...
by AngelHsu | Dec 6, 2011 | China, Climate, UNFCCC
This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs. By Angel Hsu, Jonathan Smith and Max Song The idea of a total cap on energy consumption in China, first suggested last March before the National People’s Congress has reemerged in Durban, and surprisingly there are now...
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