Worldview 10/30/2007

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We'll hear the Oxford-style debate, moderated by Jerome McDonnell, on the question: Will China's Rise Lead to an Environmental Catastrophe?

It was co-sponsored by The Economist magazine, and presented live last week at the Harris Theater.


Special Debate: China’s Effect on the Environment

Co-sponsored by The Economist magazine. Recorded live October 24, 2007 at the Harris Theater in Chicago Proposition: "Will China's Rise Lead to an Environmental Catastrophe?" *Affirmative:* Orville Schell — Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society; Author of The China Reader: The Reform Era Barry Weisberg — PhD Candidate and Instructor in Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago; Author of Ecocide in Indochina: The Ecology of War and the forthcoming book Preventing Global Violence, Promoting Global Peace *Negative:* Vijay Vaitheeswaran — Global Correspondent, The Economist; Author of Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future Kelly Sims Gallagher — Director of the Energy Technology Innovation Project, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government *Moderator:* Worldview Host Jerome McDonnell
Sustainable Development in China

Gary Lawrence — Senior Advisor for the Dongtan Project; Urban Strategies Leader for ARUP, a global firm for sustainable urban development Excerpt from January 17, 2007 Interview