chinadialogue, December 13, 2011 by Justin Gerdes
http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4679

This litany of incidents illustrates the growing pressure the public and NGOs are able to wield in the fight against pollution in China, Alex Wang, attorney and visiting assistant professor at UC Berkeley Boalt School of Law, argued. “There’s no doubt that there seems to be an increased pressure and intensity,” he said. Armed with an ever-expanding body of environmental law, these players are pushing for change in the corporate world.

Foreign Policy, August 23, 2011 by Christina Larson
http://bit.ly/nqDnKP

“If this incident leads to more and better environmental transparency and better systems for ensuring that the public is protected from environmental risks, then it will have been a victory.” But he adds: “If the takeaway for the powers that be is that information needs to be more tightly controlled, then the pressures that led to the Dalian PX protests in the first place will only continue to grow.”

China Dialogue, July 18, 2011 by Alex Wang
http://bit.ly/piUGFb

In our work over the years in China, a remarkable number of lawyers have expressed a desire and willingness to use their skills to help the environment and prevent injustice. Much work can be done to help these lawyers play a bigger role in China’s environmental protection.

Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2011 by Jonathan Kaiman
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/14/world/la-fg-china-oil-spill-20110715

This week, a coalition of 11 Chinese environmental advocacy groups announced plans to file a joint lawsuit in hopes of garnering more transparency in the oil industry. Alex Wang, a Chinese environmental law expert at UC Berkeley Law School, said there was little hope of the lawsuit reaching court. “In China, incidents of this magnitude are seldom ever handled in the courts,” Wang said. “They’ll almost always be handled by the government.”