Half way through the climate negotiation here in Tianjin, China and the U.S. are once again caught in heavy bickering and finger-pointing. Both have made damning accusations of the other side for negotiating unfaithfully, publicly and informally.

Meanwhile, a group of Chinese intellectuals and NGOs put together...

At the UNFCCC meeting in Tianjin, during the session on the issue of a "Balanced Package" and what different countries expect from it, the Chair of the session decided to open up the floor for civil society to comment (after keeping them mostly closed for the whole week). Below is...

Granpa Hu (not his real name) said "my loyalty always lies with Chairman Mao". His red pin emblazoned with the golden head of Mao proudly hung on his left chest. It sparkled in the sun, its statement pronounced by the backdrop of his dark blue suit. Grandpa Hu wore a...

The death of one solider and the rescue of another were incidentally captured by a freelance journalist who could not give his name, for fear of official...

This blog was originally posted on China Dialogue and Pacific Environment.

Since late June, almost 1000 American consumers have written letters to Steve Jobs and Apple's Public Relations Department urging them to address concerns of China's Green Choice Alliance regarding heavy metal pollution from...

In early April, 34 Chinese environmental NGOs wrote letters to 29 IT companies regarding members of their supply chains violating Chinese environmental laws and regulations. The list included suppliers for global brands like Apple, IBM, Intel, Sony and Lenovo.

Ten days of mostly silence on the part of these companies...

This Sunday, after an hour and a half of a typically frantic and heart-stopping taxi ride through the dusty and congested streets of Lanzhou, we arrived at the Lanzhou Business School to participate in an International Youth Environmentalist Exchange Salon, organized by several university-based environmental clubs. I gave a presentation...

The Copenhagen Accord is weak and will not pressure countries to do more on climate change. There were too many competing national interests and not enough leadership to push for a real deal. Obama came too late and had too little to offer; China never conceded its bottom line, which...

In the weeks leading up to Copenhagen, the Chinese government made a surprising move.

After refusing to publicly commit to any numerical target for reducing emissions, China seemingly out of the blue announced it would reduce its carbon intensity by 40% to 45% by 2020, based on...