{quote}After a few upbeat weeks on political intrigue in Chongqing, Sinica is back this week with another depressing show about the various ways China is killing us all. This week our conversation turns to cadmium-laced rice, endangered species, and the pollution of the food supply in a conversation with writer and broadcaster Isabel Hilton, founder of chinadialogue, and Jonathan Watts, Guardian correspondent and author of the book When A Billion Chinese Jump.
Recommended Reading
- “When a Billion Chinese Jump by Jonathan Watts,” Isabel Hilton, The Guardian, July 16, 2010
When a Billion Chinese Jump
As 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. Now, more than thirty years later, as a correspondent for The Guardian in Beijing, he has discovered it is not only foolish little boys who dread a planet-shaking leap by the world's most populous nation. When a Billion Chinese Jump is a road journey into the future of our species.