The March issue of That's PRD is out now – paper-and-ink-form citywide and also in digital PDF form. Editor-in-Chief Tom Lee introduces the magazine:
What's your favorite thing about China? I’ve heard all sorts of answers to this innocuous question. Cheap and efficient public transportation. Having an ayi. Experiencing different perspectives. The culture. Affordable access to Asia-wide travel. The people, and so on and so forth.
For me, my favorite thing about China is the paradoxes. The cuisine has an incredible depth and breadth of flavors crying out to be sampled – but a lot of expats are too afraid to eat the cuisine because of safety scares. The country houses the world’s largest population – but that population is actually too small to sustain the elderly. It is famous for its strict schooling – but it’s also famous for ‘little emperor’ syndrome.
This issue, we look at one of the most intriguing juxtapositions out there: how China is simultaneously the world’s greatest polluter and the most important force in renewable energy. I’m sure some of you are already shaking your heads and decrying my folly – we’ve all seen the shocking pictures of thick, gray smog – but the fact is that in all major forms of sustainable energy, China has already outstripped, or will outstrip within five years, every other nation on the planet. In some cases, it has a greater capacity than entire continents put together – add up all the energy generated by wind in Europe, South America, Africa and every other country in Asia, and China still comes out the winner in terms of cumulative gigawatts.
So how is it that more than 60 percent of the Middle Kingdom’s energy needs is still fulfilled by heavily polluting coal? And why is only 40 percent of the energy from one of its largest wind farms actually being utilized?
This month, we’ve gathered together all the facts and figures you need to see how China fits into the global green energy picture, from solar and wind to hydroelectric and nuclear. Like so many things in China, it's big issues combined with big numbers.
Hold on, maybe that’s my favorite thing about China...
Also in this issue:
- Adventurous treks through the national parks of Sarawak (p24)
- A gorgeous photo essay on the faces of China (p12)
- Lots and lots of restaurant reviews to sink your teeth into! (from p62)
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