caa a22 4500 388104120 CHVBK 20180307125331.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199909 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0305741000003398 doi S0305741000003398 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0305741000003398 Edmonds Richard Louis The Environment in the People's Republic of China 50 Years On [Elektronische Daten] [Richard Louis Edmonds] This article describes and analyses changes in the environment and related policy developments in the People's Republic over the past 50 years. When discussing the quality of China's environment it must be remembered that the population of the country has doubled over the past half century and the economy has grown rapidly, particularly over the last two decades. Pessimists argue that the current population of over 1,200 million has exceeded the number which can be supported at a good living standard. Despite such views, there has been some ground for optimism in recent years, with China's greater environmental awareness and increased openness, its realization that the environment can be a tool in international diplomacy, and the increasing importation of environmental protection techniques. Yet overall, China has not done enough to maintain environmental quality and has not chosen to make many environmentally friendly transport investments. Copyright © The China Quarterly 1999 The China Quarterly Cambridge University Press 159(1999-09), 640-649 0305-7410 159<640 1999 159 CQY https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741000003398 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741000003398 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Edmonds Richard Louis NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The China Quarterly Cambridge University Press 159(1999-09), 640-649 0305-7410 159<640 1999 159 CQY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge