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China's meteoric go up to monetary powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the united states has been tapped to force exploding places and factories - every river but one. Running right through one of the richest natural areas on earth, the Nujiang's raging waters were on the verge of being dammed when a 2004 federal government moratorium halted construction. Might the Chinese dragon bow to the "Angry River"? Would Beijing put residents and their land before power and earnings? Could this distant region actually turn into a model for sustainable development? Ed Grumbine journeyed to the even corners of China's Yunnan province to find out. He was motivated by an individual question: could this previous fragment of wild mother nature withstand China's unrelenting development? But as he hiked through deep-cut emerald mountains, backcountry villages, and burgeoning tourist towns, speaking with trekking courses, schoolchildren, and rural farmers, he found out that the challenge wasn't as simple as development versus conservation. In its battle to "build a well-off society in an all-round way", Beijing juggles a bunch of rivalling priorities: healthcare for impoverished villagers; habitat for threatened tigers; vehicles for a growing middle class; climate for all people; energy to force new cities; rubber for the global industry. Where the Dragon Fits the Angry River is an incisive look at the possible fates of China and the planet. Will the Angry River continue to stream? Will Tibetan females from subsistence farming family members learn to read and write? Can China and the United States get together to lead action on climate change? Far-reaching in its record and scope, this unique e book shows us the real-world effects of conservation and development decisions now being manufactured in Beijing and beyond.
