When a Billion Chinese Jump: Voices from the Frontline of Climate Change

Jonathan Watts

Faber & Faber, 2011 - Business & Economics - 483 pages

With foul air, filthy water, rising temperatures and encroaching deserts, China is already suffering an environmental disaster. Now it faces a stark choice: either accept catastrophe, or make radical changes. 'When a Billion Chinese Jump' tells the story of China's - and the world's - biggest crisis.

About the author

Jonathan Watts is the Guardian's Asia environment correspondent and recently covered the Copenhagen Climate Conference. He was shortlisted for Foreign Correspondent of the Year at the 2006 British Press Awards, and he and his research assistant were awarded the One World Media Award for best press story in 2007. In 2009, he was a co-winner of the environment prize at the One World Media Awards for a series on the global food crisis.

Bibliographic information

• Title: When a Billion Chinese Jump: Voices from the Frontline of Climate Change
• Author: Jonathan Watts
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2011
• ISBN: 057123982X, 9780571239825
• Length: 483 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economic Conditions; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy; Political Science / World / Asian; Science / Environmental Science; Travel / Asia / East / China; Travel / Essays & Travelogues