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For this brilliant book, author Craig Simons visited many of the places and spoke to many of the people impacted by China's explosive economic growth and voracious appetite for resources. From New Guinea, where great forests are being felled and rare birds threatened to meet China's demand for timber; through Brazil, where large swaths of the Amazon are being cleared to plant soybeans for China, and India, where poachers are hunting and killing tigers and other endangered animals to extinction to feed Chinese demand; to Australia, where the coun 517 $aDevouring Dragon 606 $aEnvironmental degradation -- China 606 $aEnvironmental policy -- China 606 $aEnvironmental protection -- International cooperation 606 $aEnvironmental responsibility -- China 606 $aNature -- Effect of human beings on -- China 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aEnvironmental degradation -- China. 615 4$aEnvironmental policy -- China. 615 4$aEnvironmental protection -- International cooperation. 615 4$aEnvironmental responsibility -- China. 615 4$aNature -- Effect of human beings on -- China. 676 $a363.70951 700 $aSimons$b Craig$01037157 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480702903321 996 $aDevouring Dragon$92457929 997 $aUNINA