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. Participants Joshua Goldstein, History, University of Southern California, Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap: waste and recycling in Beijing, the Mao years (1949-1980) Kao Shi-yang, PhD Candidate Geography, UC Berkeley, From ""Old Building Materials"" to ""Building Garbage"": The Wastification of Demolition Materials in Post-socialist Beijing Mao Da, PhD Candidate Environmental History, Beijing Normal University, Waste and Civil Society: How has Garbage Transformed Chinese Environmental NGOs? ...

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