When a Billion Chinese Jump (77 page)

water shortages,
54
,
56
,
187
–88,
195
–96,
320

water treatment plants,
231
–32,
276

Watts, Alan,
87

weather modification,
197
–99

Wen Bo,
245
–46,
287
–88

Wen Jiabao,
52
,
219
,
220
,
232
,
260
,
290
,
291
,
299
,
322

wetlands conservation,
272
–74,
275
,
288
–89,
292
–93

Who Will Feed China?
(Brown),
261

Wild Yak Brigade,
32

wildlife conservation

background to development of,
67
–68

breeding programs for,
65
,
66
,
67
,
69
,
70
–71,
72
–73,
74
–77

chirus and,
38
–39,
77

cultural values and,
68

economic development policy and,
67
,
68
,
77

economic factors affecting,
70
–71,
75
,
77

failure of government policy in,
76
–78,
288
–92

farms and reserves for,
69
–75,
291

Genghis Khan and,
295

laws supporting,
72
,
73

political aspects of,
38
,
39
,
66
–67,
73

public support for,
76
,
77

release programs and,
70
,
75
–76

in Tibet,
32
,
38
–39

Wildlife Conservation Society,
77
,
289

wildlife trade,
92
–93,
288

Wilson, E. O.,
73

wind technology,
227
,
229
,
231
,
245
,
246
,
296
,
308
,
317
,
321

Wolf Totem
(Jiang),
305
–7

Wolong Nature Reserve,
73
–76

World Bank,
30
,
114
,
160
,
179
,
273
,
274
,
283

World Council of Faiths,
28

World Health Organization,
14
,
179

World Wide Fund for Nature,
75
,
264
,
281

Wu Cheng’en,
217

Wu Dengming,
126

Wu Lihong,
301

Wu Renbao,
101
–3,
115

Wu Xie’en,
115

Xanadu (Shangdu), Inner Mongolia,
312
–17

Xia Deren,
245

Xiao Wei,
302

Xiao Yunhan,
184
–85

Xiao Ziniu,
34
,
216

Xie Baoxing,
243

Xie Yan,
77
,
289
,
305

Xie Zhenhua,
276

Xinhua News Agency,
9
,
31
,
35
,
39
,
44
,
52

Xinjiang autonomous region,
205
,
206
–22,
228

Xiongsen Bear and Tiger Mountain Village,
69
–72

Xuan Ke,
7
–10

Yading, Sichuan Province,
18
,
21
–22

Yalong Zangbo River,
40

Yan Lianke,
161
–62

Yangtze dolphins (baiji),
62
–66,
78
–80

Yangtze finless porpoises,
66

Yangtze River,
14
,
40
,
42
,
45
,
47
–48,
50
–51,
53
–54,
55
,
58
,
61
,
62
,
63
,
64
,
65
,
78
–79,
125

Yangtze softshell turtle,
76

Yao Tandong,
36

Ye Kelian,
108
,
109

Yellow River,
40
,
45
,
53
–55,
58
,
154
,
162
,
191
–97,
200
,
202
,
203
,
250
,
251
,
276
,
296
,
311

Yezong Zuomu,
22
–23

Yin Mingshan,
121
–22

Yingxiu, Sichuan Province,
48
,
59
–60,
61

Yiwu, Zhejiang Province,
106
–7

Younghusband, Francis,
27
–28,
41
,
207

Yu Dan,
303
–4

Yu Kongjian,
11
,
235
–36

Yu Xiubo,
196
–97

Yuan dynasty,
313
,
314

Yue-Sai, Kan,
144
–48

Yugong Yishan fable,
24
–25

Yunnan Province,
3
,
4
,
6
–7,
8
,
10
,
13
–19,
22
,
57
,
58
,
92
,
102
,
218
,
295
,
301
,
314

Zeng Lei,
127

Zeren Pingcuo,
4
–5

Zha Xi,
32

Zhang Enzi,
215

Zhang Hemin,
73
–75

Zhang Huijia, Emily,
135
–37,
138
,
139
,
140

Zhang Qiwen,
253
–55,
321

Zhang Yin,
85

Zhao Qikun,
77

Zhao Songling,
204
,
206
,
215

Zhejiang Province,
104
–9,
110
–12,
113
,
114
,
218

Zheng, Eddy,
90

Zhongdian, Yunnan Province,
8
,
9
,
15
–16

Zhongnanhai, Beijing,
321

Zhou Enlai,
167

Zhou Mingjiang,
262
,
263

Zhou Shengxian,
110

Zhou Weisen,
70
–71

Zhu Gangkun,
205

Zhu Rongji,
279
,
291

Zhuangzi,
11
–12,
257
,
304

Zipingpu Dam,
43
–44,
45
,
47
,
48
,
60
–61

Zou Xiaoping,
121