The world's forests are being stripped away. Aquifers are being depleted at an alarming rate. But very few of us have ever imagined that we are also running out of sand. Vince Beiser speaks with CBC Radio's "Sunday Edition" about his reporting on one of the world's fastest evaporating finite resources.
Does China have public thinkers? The documentary filmmaker Ai Xiaoming thinks it doesn't, and that the crackdown on human rights shows the evil nature of humanity. Ian Johnson reports from Wuhan.
Two of Pulitzer Center Grantee Sim Chi Yin's long-term projects, "Dying to Breathe" and "Rat Tribe," were recently exhibited in Leipzig.
Ever stop to wonder where all the concrete for China's building boom comes from? Here's where.
The town of Shadian was once marketed as the “little Mecca of the East.” But can its residents really practice their religion in peace?
A short explainer on China's water crisis. Factors including climate change, pollution, urbanization and energy demands have led to a severe water crisis in China.
Grantee Sim Chi Yin's "Rat Tribe" photos are featured in France's Le Figaro magazine.
Created in 1959 to lure foreign investors with tax breaks, the Shannon Free Zone proved revolutionary across the world.
Like so many of Mao’s pronouncements, it sounded simple. “The South has a lot of water; the North lacks water. So if it can be done, borrowing a little water and bringing it up might do the trick.”
During the course of the year that I filmed him, fisherman Cao Suizhou’s hair turned from jet black to white, a potent sign of stress for a man who otherwise endures his worries in silence.
What China's huge water transfer project means for those at both ends of the pipeline.
Qu Geping and Ma Jun spent 30 years paving the way for a green movement in China.
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