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| Staff: | Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies |
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April 1, 2001 - December 1, 2001
The importance of China’s environmental practices both for its domestic stability and the resolution of global environmental problems is growing. This study group will address three core questions that U.S. policy makers should consider. First, how are the environmental challenges in China leading to the establishment of new political institutions, actors, and alliances that may challenge the political system? Second, with which Chinese actors should the United States engage in dialogue and cooperative ventures? Finally, what do these domestic political changes suggest for China’s interest and capacity in responding to the U.S. environmental priorities, such as global climate change? Elizabeth Economy will produce a book to assess environmental trends within the broader context of China’s political and economic reforms and its expanding linkages to the outside world. The analysis will also serve as the basis for a set of policy recommendations for U.S. officials as they negotiate Sino-American relations.
Publications
April 2004
Selected by The Globalist as one of the top ten books of 2004, The River Runs Black is the most comprehensive and balanced volume to date on China’s growing environmental crisis and its implications for the country’s development.
Meetings
China in the Balance: Reforms, Resources, and Revolution (Los Angeles)
Related Project: Study Group on China and the Environment
| Speaker: | Elizabeth C. Economy |
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China in the Balance: Reforms, Resources, and Revolution (San Francisco)
Related Project: Study Group on China and the Environment
| Panelist: | William K. Reilly, President and CEO, Aqua International Partners |
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| Speaker: | Elizabeth C. Economy |
Study Group on China and the Environment - Session IV
Related Project: Study Group on China and the Environment
| Commentator: | Douglas P. Murray, Linghan Foundation |
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| Panelist: | J. Stapleton Roy, Kissinger Associates |
| Speaker: | Elizabeth C. Economy |
Session III: Environmental Activism and Political Change
Related Project: Study Group on China and the Environment
| Panelist: | J. Stapleton Roy, Kissinger Associates, Inc., and former U.S. Ambassador to China, (1991-95) |
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| Speaker: | Elizabeth C. Economy |
Contact: Eric Aldrich 212-434-9642 or ealdrich@cfr.org
Session II: China's Environmental Past and Present
Related Project: Study Group on China and the Environment
| Presider: | J. Stapleton Roy, Kissinger Associates, Inc.; former U.S. Ambassador to China (1991-1995) |
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| Speaker: | Elizabeth C. Economy |
Contact: Eric Aldrich 212-434-9642 or ealdrich@cfr.org
Environmental Problems and Politics: Issues, Actors, and Options
Related Project: Study Group on China and the Environment
| Introductory Speaker: | J. Stapleton Roy, Kissinger Associates |
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| Speaker: | Elizabeth C. Economy, Senior Fellow, China Studies, and Deputy Director, Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Contact: Eric Aldrich at 212-434-9642 or ealdrich@cfr.org
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