Comments on: Green is the New Red http://chinfamous.com/blog/2008/03/12/green-is-the-new-red/ Notes and Onanistic Scraps from the Smog-strangled Mind of an American Journalist in China Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:39:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan Hassid http://chinfamous.com/blog/2008/03/12/green-is-the-new-red/comment-page-1/#comment-15517 Jonathan Hassid Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:57:14 +0000 http://chinfamous.com/blog/2008/03/12/green-is-the-new-red/#comment-15517 This is such an awesome photo, and I think the CCP is still putting out the occasional propaganda poster. You should shop it around. And your optimism is justified to a point, I think, But it is also relevant that the people here all were either college students or retirees. Like a lot of other social activities, environmentalism requires people with free time, and that may limit its appeal in a place where free time is at such a premium. In other words, environmentalism in China may be a niche industry for a long time. This is such an awesome photo, and I think the CCP is still putting out the occasional propaganda poster. You should shop it around.

And your optimism is justified to a point, I think, But it is also relevant that the people here all were either college students or retirees. Like a lot of other social activities, environmentalism requires people with free time, and that may limit its appeal in a place where free time is at such a premium. In other words, environmentalism in China may be a niche industry for a long time.

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