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Abstract

The highly visible environmental degradation and related health problems in China have drawn public attention. Environmental degradation is affecting lives of common people. From 1998 to 2005, there has been a four-fold increase in the number of public complaints on environmental issues in the form of complaint letters or personal visits to the EPBs. The heightened level of public concern has also been reflected in the growing coverage in the mass media. For example, the People’s Daily published 2,131 news articles on the environment from 1978 to 2008. Chinese government is also accepting peoples’ participation in environmental protection with some limitations and promoting and spreading environmental awareness among masses to build a harmonious society.

About the Speaker

Dr. Rajiv Ranjan is a Senior Scholar, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, Jinan, China. He has completed his PhD on “Environmental Security in China: The Role of State and Civil Society, 1994-2008 ”from Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His area of interest covers environmental security, Climate Change, Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy He has contributed several articles and book reviews in various journals, newspaper and on-line publications.