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NIMBY with Chinese Characteristics

March 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Nice take on the rise of NIMBYism in China here: Not in My Backyard: China’s Rising Middle Class Growing Environmental Contention.  I noted this phenomenon in the article, “Who’s Cleaning up this Mess?” linked to the right.  The reports of riots by peasants to stop discharges of highly toxic pollutants from neighboring plants have been [...]

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