{"product_id":"when-a-billion-chinese-jump-how-china-will-save-mankind-or-destroy-it-9781416580768","title":"When a Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind -- Or Destroy It","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs a young child, Jonathan Watts believed if everyone in China jumped at the same time, the earth would be shaken off its axis, annihilating mankind.\u003c\/b\u003e Now, more than thirty years later, as a correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003ein Beijing, he has discovered it is not only foolish little boys who dread a planet-shaking leap by the world's most populous nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a Billion Chinese Jump \u003c\/i\u003eis a road journey into the future of our species. Traveling from the mountains of Tibet to the deserts of Inner Mongolia via the Silk Road, tiger farms, cancer villages, weather-modifying bases, and eco-cities, Watts chronicles the environmental impact of economic growth with a series of gripping stories from the country on the front line of global development. He talks to nomads and philosophers, entrepreneurs and scientists, rural farmers and urban consumers, examining how individuals are trying to adapt to one of the most spectacular bursts of change in human history, then poses a question that will affect all of our lives: Can China find a new way forward or is this giant nation doomed to magnify the mistakes that have already taken humanity to the brink of disaster?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan S. Watts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.04w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416580768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2010 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWatts, Jonathan S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jonathan Watts is Global Environment Editor of the\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of the eco-travelogue, \u003ci\u003eWhen a Billion Chinese Jump.\u003c\/i\u003e He has is an experienced, award-winning journalist who previously served as correspondent in Japan (1996-2003), China (2003-2012) and Brazil (2012-2017). He has written extensively on climate change, deforestation, pollution and the trade in environmental stress on travels that have taken him from the Amazon and Andes to the Gobi and Himalayas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44409874579571,"sku":"9781416580768","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_194231ef-fb25-4621-b529-7619e592f1de.jpg?v=1771939423","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/when-a-billion-chinese-jump-how-china-will-save-mankind-or-destroy-it-9781416580768","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}