A British earth scientist, Benjamin Horton, has been appointed the new dean of City University of Hong Kong’s energy and environment school, saying that he considers China to be “the great hope” for the world, pointing to state funding of climate research as well as efforts at reforestation, and developing green technology, while calling the superpower ‘pro-environment’.
What do you think?
“That’s fantastic! Let me call the South China Tiger, Dugong, and Hainan Gibbon and give them the good news!”
“It’s almost as if the 2012 Guangxi Cadmium Spill never happened at all.”
“I wouldn’t celebrate this announcement so fast. The government replanted the barren hillside near my home in eucalyptus trees—they deplete groundwater, are highly flammable, and toxic to local insects. But I guess the government got what it wanted, because the drone shots are amazing.”
Zhou Weiming, 60
Ceiling Tile Adjuster
Han Lei, 53
Ex-Mortician
Liu Xinyue, 31
Lattice Climber
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