China's Environmental Problem

I love reading The New Yorker, for the excellent writing, yes, but also for the incredible detail to which they go when following a story. The country that gets blamed the most for shortening attention spans across the world, is also the home of magazines that think nothing of devoting 40% of their pages to a single story. You read that story, and the feeling is similar to what you get when you have really done well for yourself at a feast.

Want to read such an article about the environmental damage in China? I found this feature by Jacques Leslie at Mother Jones. I counted the words-8901. There is also a photoessay by James Whitlow Delano at the same site. All lovely stuff.

Thanks to Treehugger, for leading me to this article.