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China's Green Dragon | Print |  E-mail
Written by Melody Parker   
Friday, 01 August 2008
Editor's Note: GTweekly is lucky to have M.P.,  a UCSC alumna and environmental journalism major, who is traveling to Dongtan in China to observe the construction of a green city there called Dongtan , outside of Shanghai. She will be posting several dispatches a week here at gtweekly.com.

It’s 1:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon at SFO. I keep thinking it’s Friday because it will be 9 p.m. on Friday by the time I arrive at Shanghai. Two months ago I had no intention of leaving the country, but I am lucky to find myself flying for free. My assignment is to investigate the proposed eco-city of Dongtan, just outside of Shanghai. My journey is more than a hula hoop swing from Santa Cruz to Shanghai. China in general is worlds away from Santa Cruz, so I’m told. I can’t wait to delve into the vast differences in pollution, scenery, and overall way of life.  

China’s economy is commonly referred to as the dragon and thus China and its relationship with environmental politics is called the Green Dragon.

Green Dragon
Chongming Island next to proposed eco-site of Dongtan.
 

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Thank you for doing this. While we did hear at SF Green Festival about McDonough & Associates phenomenal plans to build that green city in China (for 7 mill?), we are still overwhelmingly hearing about unconscionable pollution in Chinese Provinces.. It is SO important that you are 'talking' like this
Corrina McFarlane , August 24, 2008

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