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...report on the protests by farmers throughout the Chinese countryside sparked concern from readers over the government's failure to tackle the causes: corruption, pollution and land grabs...
...city's poplar-lined roads. This "farmerist outlook," as Yu describes his own first impressions of Beijing, is the reason Chinese cities look the way they do: "We're a country of farmers. When we make it to the city we want to feel as far away from the land as possible. We hate weeds. We want to look up at tall buildings. We shun nature." To be truly urban, Yu says, China needs a new attitude toward...
...group of local leaders took Yu on a tour of their project. Chalk lines marking the lake's proposed shores ran through villages and along roads. Yu leapt out of the car to take photos of a pair of bulldozers that looked tiny against the vast swath of empty land where they were mounding up dirt. Bounding past the officials, he turned his camera on a bird's nest high up in a poplar next to the mineral spring supposed to supply the lake. "He even takes pictures of that," marveled one official when Yu was out of earshot. Driving...
...When Hope Died Our March 13 reporting from China related that growing numbers of farmers are demonstrating over land disputes, pollution and corrupt local officials. Can Beijing calm the rural discontent before it grows into a larger revolt? TIME's June 19, 1989, issue covered a mass protest that ended in tragedy-the Tiananmen Square crackdown...
...provide up to six hours' warning, says Nicolini, if the waves are coming from far across the ocean. But an earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction zone just off the Pacific Northwest could create tsunami-size waves within five minutes. "You'd feel that kind of an earthquake on land," Nicolini says. "If you do, start running to higher ground" - at least 40 feet above sea level. For residents of low-lying places, says Nicolini, "vertical evacuation" - climbing a tree or going to the top floor of a sturdy-looking building - may be the best they can do with just five...