Tianjie
@tianjie.bsky.social
I write about China's environmental affairs and its footprint across the globe. Author of upcoming book In Search of Green China (Polity, 2025).
Once seen as a scandalous bubble, is China's dockless bike sharing finally making sustainability sense? insearchofgreenchina.com/chinas-share...
China’s shared bikes are quietly delivering results when no one is watching
“Bike graveyards,” unpaid deposits, and chaotic streets—these were the global headlines a few years ago when China’s brightly colored, mobile phone-activated, dockless shared bikes appeared in major c...
insearchofgreenchina.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Once seen as a scandalous bubble, is China's dockless bike sharing finally making sustainability sense? insearchofgreenchina.com/chinas-share...
China's waste-to-energy incineration facilities collectively emit 100 million tons of CO2 a year and is yet considered a "carbon saving" industry encouraged to expand to the point of overcapacity (not enough garbage to be burned). Does this make sense? insearchofgreenchina.com/solid-waste-...
Solid waste incineration: from devil to hero?
There are not enough garbages to be burned by the country’s fleet of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incinerators, a viral video circulating on Chinese social media proudly declared recently. The high-temperatu...
insearchofgreenchina.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
China's waste-to-energy incineration facilities collectively emit 100 million tons of CO2 a year and is yet considered a "carbon saving" industry encouraged to expand to the point of overcapacity (not enough garbage to be burned). Does this make sense? insearchofgreenchina.com/solid-waste-...
Thanks Calvin and @kaiserkuo.bsky.social for introducing the book!
New book review for @kaiserkuo.bsky.social's Sinica substack subscribers: Calvin Quek on "a welcome and timely update" by Ma Tianjie about environmental issues in China.
Book Review: Ma Tianjie's "In Search of Green China"
A guest post by Calvin Quek, Executive Director, Nature Finance, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group. Director, Transition Asia
www.sinicapodcast.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Thanks Calvin and @kaiserkuo.bsky.social for introducing the book!
China just lost one of the leading figures of environmental science. She reminds us of women's role in greening the country insearchofgreenchina.com/the-women-in...
The women in China’s environmental history
On June 11th, Professor Tang Xiaoyan of Peking University passed away at the age of 93. In the days following her passing, environmental scientists, advocates, and policymakers around the world honore...
insearchofgreenchina.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
China just lost one of the leading figures of environmental science. She reminds us of women's role in greening the country insearchofgreenchina.com/the-women-in...
My interview with the NCUSCR on China's recent environmental history with a special focus on the important US-China interactions throughout that journey
How did China make the leap from intense pollution to a leading force in green tech & innovation?
Environmental Writer & Advocate Ma Tianjie joins the National Committee to describe the stunning story behind China’s environmental awakening.
▶️ Watch: www.ncuscr.org/video/enviro...
Environmental Writer & Advocate Ma Tianjie joins the National Committee to describe the stunning story behind China’s environmental awakening.
▶️ Watch: www.ncuscr.org/video/enviro...
The Story Behind China’s Environmental Awakening
Ma Tianjie joins the National Committee to describe the stunning story behind China’s environmental awakening.
www.ncuscr.org
July 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
My interview with the NCUSCR on China's recent environmental history with a special focus on the important US-China interactions throughout that journey
Thanks @bertiehb.bsky.social for a great conversation about my book and China's environmental politics. @landclimate.bsky.social is one more great green podcast on my listen list! www.landclimate.org/how-did-chin...
How did China become a green powerhouse? - Land and Climate Review
Bertie speaks with Ma Tianjie, author of "In Search of Green China," discussing China’s environmental transformation and how protestors have influenced policymaking.
www.landclimate.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Thanks @bertiehb.bsky.social for a great conversation about my book and China's environmental politics. @landclimate.bsky.social is one more great green podcast on my listen list! www.landclimate.org/how-did-chin...
China's 1.6% YoY reduction of emissions from its power sector in Q1 2025 just provided an interesting case in point for the "energy transition" vs. "energy addition" debate. Here is my take insearchofgreenchina.com/is-energy-tr...
Thursday 19th of June 2025
insearchofgreenchina.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
China's 1.6% YoY reduction of emissions from its power sector in Q1 2025 just provided an interesting case in point for the "energy transition" vs. "energy addition" debate. Here is my take insearchofgreenchina.com/is-energy-tr...
My new blog on recent developments regarding the Tiger Leaping Gorge Dam and a key figure who mobilized opposition to it twenty years ago. This is to continue the conversation started in my book In Search of Green China (Polity, 2025). insearchofgreenchina.com/the-son-of-j...
Friday 28th of March 2025
insearchofgreenchina.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My new blog on recent developments regarding the Tiger Leaping Gorge Dam and a key figure who mobilized opposition to it twenty years ago. This is to continue the conversation started in my book In Search of Green China (Polity, 2025). insearchofgreenchina.com/the-son-of-j...
Per Reuters on Jan 8: BYD will be fined for each worker found in the labor rights scandal in Brazil. All 163 workers will return to China (some already have). My digest of Chinese online discussions on the case: pandapawdragonclaw.blog/2025/01/06/b...
BYD, “Slave-gate” and the soul search about China’s cutthroat industrial model
The EV maker’s labor rights scandal in Brazil adds fodder to an ongoing debate about China’s industrial prosperity that appears to benefit few in the country
pandapawdragonclaw.blog
January 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Per Reuters on Jan 8: BYD will be fined for each worker found in the labor rights scandal in Brazil. All 163 workers will return to China (some already have). My digest of Chinese online discussions on the case: pandapawdragonclaw.blog/2025/01/06/b...