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recycling, 84–85, 86–89, 90, 94, 96–98

Red List of endangered species, 67, 75, 281

red tides, 262, 263

release programs, 70, 75–76

relocation and resettlement programs, 33–35, 40, 49–50, 51, 52, 188, 191, 195, 220, 296, 297–98

Retreat of the Elephants (Elvin), 13

Riding the Iron Rooster (Theroux), 30

rivers, control of. See dams Rock, James, 6, 8, 9, 10

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 6

Roots & Shoots, 302

Russia, and timber trade, 287–88

safety standards, in coal industry, 174–75, 184

Sanjiang wetlands, 272–74, 275, 292–93

Sanmenxia Dam, 193

Sasol, 310

Scientific Development (Scientific Outlook on Development) policy, 29, 30, 46–47, 59, 77, 112, 115, 178, 183–84, 222, 232, 246, 251, 263–64, 270, 275, 291–92, 308, 312, 321–22

seismic monitoring systems, 36–37

sewage treatment, 125, 263

sex-related businesses, 93–94, 139

Shaanxi Province, 173, 175–77, 180, 183, 184, 192

Shambala, 8, 31

Shandong Province, 165, 196, 250, 256, 261, 263, 302

Shandong Agricultural University, 251

Shangdu (Xanadu), Inner Mongolia, 312–17

Shanghai, 130–48, 156, 183, 234, 324

Shangri-La, 4, 5–10

Shanxi Province, 172–76, 177–79, 180, 183, 184, 185, 296

Shenhua, 309, 310

Shenyang, Liaoning Province, 234–38, 320

Sheri Liao, 305

Shi Zhengrong, 229–30

Shougang, 233

Shu Geping, 310

Shuilian wetland reserve, 288–89

Sichuan earthquake, 43–48, 59–61

Sichuan Province, 44, 57, 58, 67, 217, 218

Silent Spring (Carson), 276

Sinohydro, 46–47

Sky Train (Golmud-Lhasa railway), 24–40

Smith, Adam, 87

smog, 95, 153, 157, 172, 174, 179, 180–82, 193, 212, 251, 296, 320, 323

solar energy, 95, 112, 188, 213, 226, 229–30, 235, 237–38, 246, 258, 271, 308, 321

Sonam Dorjee, 32

Song Jian, 159

Song Wei, 127

Song dynasty, 180

Songhua River, 45, 269, 275–77 “Song of the Lumberjacks,” 278–79

South Korea, 85, 109, 114, 239, 245, 267–68, 296, 299, 318, 320

South-North Water Diversion Project, 53–55, 109, 195, 322

steel industry, 104, 172, 233

Stewart, Brent, 78

Still Life (film), 50

Sun Feng, 195–96

Sun Yat-sen, 50

Suntech, 112, 229–30

Tai, Cindy, 140–41

Taishan mountain, 251–52

Taiwan, 109, 135, 138, 245, 296, 320

Tan Changhu, 266–67

Tang Xiyang, 195, 305

Tangwanghe national park, 282–83

Taoism, 5, 11–12, 13, 45, 46, 53, 57, 202, 221, 251, 254, 257, 303–5, 326

Tesco, 83, 86, 133

Theroux, Paul, 30

Three Emperors, 12

Three Gorges Dam, 43, 47, 50–53, 58, 59–60, 121, 125, 219, 220

Three Parallel Rivers National Park, 14

Tianjin city, 124, 230–31, 234, 235, 272, 293, 320

Tianjin Binhai New Area, 231–32

Tian Mountains, 205, 208, 217

Tibet, 10, 25, 27–31, 33, 35–41, 217, 289, 298, 301

Tibetan Buddhism, 7, 20, 22–23, 31, 289

Tibetan ethnic minority, 13, 14

Tibetan medicine, 72

Tibetan Plateau, 18–19, 23, 24–40, 77

tigers, wildlife park for, 69–72

timber imports, 287–88

tourism, 9, 16, 32, 35, 41, 69, 70, 269–70, 301

traditional medicine, 68–69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77, 284

Trans-Siberian railway, 278

tree-planting projects, 200–201, 253–55, 279–80

Turpan Depression, 217, 218, 219–21

Turvey, Samuel, 63, 79

Uighur ethnic group, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 218, 220

UNESCO, 284, 289

UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 37, 46, 287

Urumqi, Xinjiang autonomous region, 178, 205, 206–9, 218–19

Urumqi Number One ice field, 206, 214, 222

Wal-Mart, 83, 85, 133

Wan Gang, 226–27, 228

Wang Canfa, 300

Wang Ding, 64, 65, 78

Wang Fangbin, 49, 59–60

Wang Meng, 231, 232

Wang Qiang, 25–26, 27

Wang Shiduo, 166

Wang Song, 75, 281–82

Wang Taiyue, 180–81