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China, Buddhism, and the Environment

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The Chinese government and people, confronted with colossal environmental challenges, are turning to...

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China's massive environmental crisis has its traditionally secular state looking to religion to encourage deeper values, more compassion towards nature, and the creation of what some governmental officials are calling "an ecological civilization."

This video was produced in collaboration with the Project for Under-Told Stories at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Face to Face Media, and the Pulitzer Center.

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