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Authors: Jonathan Watts

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Index
 

acid rain,
94
,
104
,
174
,
179

Ai Qing,
208

AIDS infection rates,
163
–65

Akamatsu, Tomonori,
78

algae,
52
,
109
,
197
,
256
,
262
–63,
264
,
265
–67,
308
,
321
,
323

Amur tiger,
271
,
283
–84

Anhui Province,
84
,
121
,
155
,
159
,
162
,
209
,
320

aquaculture,
262
,
265
,
266
–67

Art of Survival, The
(Yu),
235
–36

Arup,
232

Asian Development Bank,
273
–74

Bai ethnic minority,
13

baiji (Yangtze dolphins),
62
–66,
78
–80

Baiji National Reserve, Tian-e-Zhou,
65
–66

bangbang
man,
119
,
120
,
127
,
129

Barbie (doll),
130
–32,
134
,
136
,
146

Beijing,
10
,
31
,
54
,
56
,
98
,
121
,
124
,
172
,
179
,
183
,
192
,
221
,
233
,
234
,
247
,
272
,
314
,
320
,
322

Beijing Zoo,
68

Bencao Gangmu
(Li),
68

Bigu Lake,
4

biogas,
241
,
256
,
258
,
259

biotechnology,
251
–52,
253

birth defects,
109
,
153
,
167
,
168
,
173

Black Belt,
173

Black Dragon River,
286
–87

black market, for animal parts,
71

Blacksmith Institute,
172

Blind Shaft
(film),
177

blood farming,
163
–65

Bo Xilai,
124
–25,
245

Bohai Sea,
230
,
233
,
247
,
250
,
263
–64

Bon spiritual tradition,
7

Book of the Prince of Huainan,
12
,
290

Brahmaputra River,
40
,
55
,
56

breeding programs,
65
,
66
,
67
,
69
,
70
–71,
72
–73,
74
–77

Brown, Lester,
144
,
261
,
297

Buck, Pearl,
162

Buddhism,
7
,
8
,
11
,
20
,
22
–23,
31
,
152
,
250
,
289
,
295
,
301
,
326

Cable, Mildred,
218

Campanella, Thomas,
124

cancer,
15
,
19
,
52
,
68
,
72
,
89
,
109
,
152
,
153
,
156
–58,
159
–60,
162
,
179

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