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The City Besieged by Garbage: Politics of Waste Production and Distribution in Beijing

Conference/Symposium: Center for Chinese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | April 11 | 2-4:45 p.m. | IEAS conference room, sixth floor

Location: 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, CA 94720

Sponsors: Center for Chinese Studies (CCS), Institute of East Asian Studies, Department of Geography, Townsend Center for the Humanities, Center of Global Metropolitan Studies

One of many of China's overwhelming challenges is that posed by waste management. The vast refuse deposits near Beijing will be discussed, including the dangers these pose, and the lives of people who have found an uncertain occupational niche therein.

This symposium is in conjunction with the exhibit "Beijing Besieged: Wang Jiuliang's Urban Ecology Unhinged" on view at the IEAS Gallery March 10-June 10, 2011.

Event Contact: ccs@berkeley.edu, 510-643-6321