Jasper Becker
Asia Sentinel
November 23, 2006

China author and scholar Jasper Becker writes in a new book on the environmental devastation China faces from its headlong rush to development. Two chapters from the book, Dragon Rising: An Inside Look at China Today, have been reprinted on the Asia Sentinel website by arrangement with the National Geographic Society.

Read Part 1 [PDF] . Read Part 2 [PDF] .