But what does each horse signify, and how will each affect us? The four horses of the Apocalypse are the white horse, the red horse, the black horse and the pale horse. It’s poetry in motion! It’s grace and power running free!īut the four horses from my latest sermon series, “The Four Horses of the Apocalypse” are beasts of a different nature…bringing the most vile, graphic form of justice the human mind can fathom throughout the book of Revelation.
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and other nations to pursue enlightened policies that will help the Chinese address our mutual environmental problems.I love horses! There’s nothing more majestic than a beautiful horse running at a full gallop across a lush, green field. This book will provide critical guidance for the U.S. Economy has written a wellresearched analysis of the environmental degradation that has occurred in China and its implications for the rest of the world. Kenneth Lieberthal, Professor of Political Science and Professor of International Business at the University of MichiganĮlizabeth C. Her book enables us to understand both the potential for each of these futures and the means to lessen the chances of environmental meltdown on the Chinese mainland. True to her deep understanding of the crosscurrents of China's present environmental efforts, Economy is agnostic about which of three startlingly different futures will come to pass. No other volume on this enormously important issue is as comprehensive, balanced, and incisive.
Economy captures extraordinarily well the complex historical, systemic, political, economic, and international forces that are shaping China's environmental outcomes. Chang, author, The Coming Collapse of ChinaĮlizabeth C. Economy both provides a gripping account of a severely degraded environment and thoughtfully analyzes what could be China's most important challenge in the twentyfirst century. Rivers run black, deserts advance from the north, and smoky haze covers the country.
Kapp, President, U.S.China Business Council The case for international engagement with China emerges even more strongly from this book the case for 'irrational exuberance' is dashed to smithereens. Economy's book hits my 'top ten' list.It is a clear and compelling reminder that no engagement with Chinacommercial, diplomatic, cultural, intellectualcan afford to ignore China's vast environmental dilemmas and the deep social, economic, and political structural problems that make environmental salvation an uncertain enterprise at best. Reviews and Endorsements Voted one of the top 50 books on sustainability by the University of Cambridge's program for sustainability leadership in 2010Įlizabeth C.
Economy argues that China's approach to environmental protection mirrors its economic development program: devolving authority to local officials, opening the door to private individuals, and inviting participation from the international community, while retaining only weak central control.
Environmental degradation has also contributed to significant public health problems, mass migration, economic loss, and social unrest. Based on historical research, case studies, and interviews with officials, scholars, and activists in China, this book provides insightful analysis of the economic and political roots of China's environmental challenge as well as the evolution of the leadership's response.Ĭhina's spectacular economic growth over the past two decades has dramatically depleted the country's natural resources and produced skyrocketing rates of pollution. Selected by the Globalist as one of the top ten books of 2004, The River Runs Black is the most comprehensive and balanced volume to date on China's growing environmental crisis and its implications for the country's development.
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