And, of course don’t miss Chai Jing’s film Under the Dome – Investigating China’s Smog 柴静雾霾调查：穹顶之下
–It was censored by the authorities and taken off the domestic Chinese internet but still exists (with full English translation) on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6X2uwlQGQM
The film has a lot of discussion of awareness issues and of the point of view and the misunderstandings of regular people (such as how some parents try to believe that having their children breathe a lot of smog can “train” them to withstand it) — this is in addition to the time devoted to exposing the toxic combination of corruption, developmentalist ideology and censorship, which is bringing about so much environmental damage, and also discussing comparatively how other countries have dealt with environmental issues. I find it impressive. The whole story of how it was cut down by the authorities is also interesting (clearly some parts of the government supported it, such as the environmental agencies she worked with to make the film, and, there were various estimates at how many people saw it before it was struck down by the censors — some said it had as many as 200 million domestic hits, which speaks to rising awareness).
–Also maybe these:
Hugo de Burgh and Zeng Rong, China’s Environment and China’s Environment Journalists. Bristol, UK; Chicago: Intellect, 2011.
Simon C Estok & Won-Chung Kim, eds. East Asian ecocriticisms: a critical reader. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. (Has some China chapters)
and of course Vaclav Smil, Judith Shapiro and many others, —
Best wishes,
Magnus Fiskesjö <nf42@cornell.edu>