Jean Yen-chun Lin

Environmental organising in Beijing emerged in an unlikely place in the 2000s: new gated residential communities. After rapid population growth and housing construction led to a ballooning trash problem and overflowing landfills, many first-time homeowners found their new neighbourhoods facing an unappetising prospect—waste incinerator projects slated for their backyards. Delving into the online and offline conversations of communities affected by...