Mu Jingjun, 280
Mu Qinzhong, 56
Mu Shengzhong, 32–33
Muzimei, 93
National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 226, 227–28
national parks, logging in, 277–79, 282, 284–86, 290
natural resources, in Tibet, 31, 39–40
Nature Conservancy, 17
nature reserves, 38, 40, 65–66, 67, 68, 69–76, 77, 281, 288, 292
Naxi ethnic minority, 13
Nepal, 6, 8, 31, 37
Ningxia Province, 124, 193, 196, 293, 296, 310
nomads, resettlement of, 33–35, 40, 296, 297–98
North Korea, 239–40, 284
Northern Song dynasty, 153
Nu (Salween) River, 14, 59
obesity, 134
oceans, pollution of, 263–65
Olympics, 197, 234, 266
one-child policy, 167–68, 169
opium trade, 86, 88
Ordos, Inner Mongolia, 307–12
organic farming, 257, 259–60
Pacific Ocean, pollution of, 264
pandas, nature reserve for, 73–76
pangolins, 92–93
Pan Wenshi, 75, 77
Pan Yue, 94, 183, 191, 275, 291, 299
paper mills, 194–95, 286, 299
parks, for wildlife conservation, 69–72
Pearl River, 45, 66, 94–95, 262
Peking University, 77
People’s Liberation Army, 32, 33, 197, 274
Pere David’s deer, 66
permafrost, in Tibet, 29–30, 35–36, 37
pesticides, 102, 103, 117, 253–54, 255, 257, 264, 276, 289
PetroChina, 218, 233
Pfluger, August, 63, 66–67
poaching, 32, 38, 279, 289
pollution
activists battling, 158, 301, 302, 307, 324
agriculture and, 254, 255, 256–57, 260–61
birth defects from, 109, 153
cancer rates and, 52, 89, 109, 152, 153, 156–58, 159–60, 162, 179
Caofeidian reclamation project and, 233
car-emission standards and, 270
cleanup efforts and, 112–13, 230–31, 320
coal mining and, 52, 58, 172–73, 174, 178–79, 183, 185–86
death rates from, 160
dechimneyfication campaign and, 235
disclosure laws on, 270, 277, 291, 300
drought and, 195
environmental laws and, 300
GDP expansion and cost of, 114–15
glaciers and, 214
government and, 52–53, 88, 94, 112, 113–14, 156, 159, 178–79, 235, 239, 264, 270–71, 274, 275–77, 290, 291, 296, 300, 320, 322, 323, 324
in Guangdong Province, 88, 94
health and, 84, 156–60, 172–73, 179–80
in Henan Province, 156–57
industries and, 85, 94, 99, 102, 103–4, 107, 108–10, 112, 114, 156, 157, 159, 178, 181, 193, 194, 230, 231, 233, 235, 244, 246, 263, 296, 299
in Inner Mongolia, 296
in Jiangsu Province, 99, 104, 112–13
lung cancer and, 157, 179
new generation’s viewpoint on, 57
paper mills and, 194–95, 299
pollen and, 254
protests against, 110–12, 157, 321
public tolerance for, 115, 303
recycling and, 83–84, 88, 94–95
relocation of polluters and, 114, 133
rich countries’ outsourcing of, 57–58, 87, 94, 247
seasonal burns after harvest and, 153–54
in Shaanxi Province, 179
in Shanxi Province, 172–73, 178–79, 183
in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, 235
Songhua benzene spill and, 275–77
tourists and, 9, 16
water vapor with, 34
in Zhejiang Province, 109, 112, 113
Polo, Marco, 312
Poplar Hybrid 107 (PH107), 253–55
population density, 153, 154–55, 165–66, 296
population growth, 201, 320
Poyang Lake, 289
Prince of Huainan, 12, 290
prostitution, 93–94, 129, 139
protests, against pollution, 110–12, 157, 321
Pyongyang, North Korea, 239–40
Qian Zhengying, 219–21, 222, 293, 321
Qiaotou, Zhejiang Province, 108–9
Qingdao, Shandong Province, 261–62, 265, 266
Qing dynasty, 17, 86, 94, 165–66, 277–78
rain creation, 197–99
Ramsar Convention, 273
reclamation project, at Caofeidian, 233–34
