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Sun and Wind but No Water
Title
Sun and Wind but No Water [electronic resource] / Java (Firm).
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], c2012.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (29 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on November 03, 2013.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Portions with English subtitles.
Title from distributor's description.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Promoting growth and protecting the environment is a contradiction, says Chinese ambassador Chen Mingming, insisting that the opulent lifestyle of "people overseas" should figure into any assessment of his country's environmental policies. "Isn't it legitimate for the Chinese to seek the same quality of life? That means economic development." Others who support the government's approach to ecological problems also appear in this film, such as political observer Xie Chuntao-although he does acknowledge tangible policy splits within China's leadership and the difficulty of balancing environmental protection with the constant need for energy and raw materials. For a less ambivalent view, the film turns to activist Chen Faqing as he meets with angry suburbanites outside Hangzhou-a supposedly "model city" now plagued by factory pollution. With protests and potentially violent confrontations like these brewing across China, will the government seek a new way forward?
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Java (Firm), 2012.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
China on China
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
China's Environmental Impact (1:21)
China's Environmental Policy (0:53)
Addressing Hangzhou Pollution (3:27)
Grassroots Activism in China (2:52)
Living by a Chemical Factory (3:02)
China's Policy Implementation Gap (1:11)
Addressing China's Water Pollution (2:53)
Local Water Action in China (1:49)
Incentives to Pollute (2:46)
Ground Water Depletion (1:52)
China's Renewable Energy Efforts (2:55)
China's Sustainability Goals (2:26)
Credits: Sun and Wind but No Water: China on China (0:35)
Videorecording number
53090s Infobase
53098 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Java (Firm).
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