Alex Wang
@greenlawchina.bsky.social
Professor of Law @ UCLA School of Law; faculty co-director, Emmett Inst on Climate Change & the Environment; Walter & Shirley Wang Chair in US-China Relations; Chinese law & politics. alexwang.org
PIP Fellow Alex Wang (@greenlawchina.bsky.social) joins Joanna Lewis (@joannalewis.bsky.social) to discuss China's global environmentalism—green ideology, diplomacy, economic statecraft—and what it means for China's rise. Watch: https://bit.ly/4v12ekh #USChina #ChinaPolicy #ClimateChange
Chinese Global Environmentalism
Alex Wang and Joanna Lewis discuss China’s global environmentalism and its implications for China’s rise.
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When Trump and Xi meet this week in Beijing, climate and environment will not be on the agenda. If they were, two radically different directions would be on display, writes @greenlawchina.bsky.social @uclalawemmett.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2026/05/13/t...
Trump and Xi Meet in Beijing - Legal Planet
As the U.S. and China meet in Beijing this week, climate change is NOT on the agenda.
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It was a total joy to celebrate our Prof. Alex Wang's new book "Chinese Global Environmentalism" and his recent chair appointment. Such a great turnout for @greenlawchina.bsky.social at @law.ucla.edu. He's speaking in DC at JF Books on 3/25 and at @nyulaw.bsky.social on 3/27.
If you're in LA, join us Wed. 3/4 for a free, public event on Chinese global environmentalism. Our Prof. Alex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social will discuss his new book on the subject, in conversation Mary Nichols. law.ucla.edu/events/chine...
This is a remarkable moment in global environmental governance. Join us March 4 at 4pm for a talk with Prof. Alex Wang about his new book "Chinese Global Environmentalism," in conversation with Mary Nichols. @greenlawchina.bsky.social RSVP: law.ucla.edu/events/chine...
UCLA environmental law professor Alex Wang explains China’s climate strategies and contradictions in his new book, "Chinese Global Environmentalism." @uclalawemmett.bsky.social @greenlawchina.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2026/02/17/i...
Is China an environmental savior? Our Faculty Co-Director Alex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social has a new book out explaining the origins and contradictions of "Chinese Global Environmentalism." law.ucla.edu/news/china-e...
Is China an environmental savior? Alex Wang says it’s complicated
China seeks global recognition as a leader on climate change action even as it remains the largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. UCLA Law professor Alex Wang, whose has a new book, Chinese Glob...
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A wonky but important development: Batteries are now eligible, along with coal plants, to receive payments to stabilize China's grid. That could put coal under more competitive pressure in the future: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China to Boost Batteries Sector with New Grid Backup Policy
The Chinese government will help underpin the nationwide boom in large-scale batteries by expanding its subsidies for energy storage.
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Book news from our @greenlawchina.bsky.social! His new and very timely "Chinese Global Environmentalism" comes out this month.
Alex Wang@greenlawchina.bsky.social · 6mo agoExcited to announce the publication of my new book – Chinese Global Environmentalism – later this month! The environment was once one of China's greatest weaknesses. It is now becoming a pillar of China’s global power. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
UCLA law professor Alex Wang has been studying one of the critical ways China has been making inroads around the world. The US has been ceding this ground.
Alex Wang@greenlawchina.bsky.social · 6mo agoExcited to announce the publication of my new book – Chinese Global Environmentalism – later this month! The environment was once one of China's greatest weaknesses. It is now becoming a pillar of China’s global power. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Excited to announce the publication of my new book – Chinese Global Environmentalism – later this month! The environment was once one of China's greatest weaknesses. It is now becoming a pillar of China’s global power. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Thanks to UC Irvine & Jeff Wasserstrom for hosting the first talk for my new book "Chinese Global Environmentalism," which will be available in print from Cambridge U Press in February 2026! www.humanities.uci.edu/events/chine...
Chinese Global Environmentalism
A Book Launch Featuring Author Alex Wang in Dialogue with John Delury. Free and open to the public.
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Did not realize how much I needed this today. Thank you.
Bruce Springsteen@brucespringsteen.net · 6mo agoI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
The US is pulling out of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The only country in the world to do so. This is an abdication of our global responsibility as the largest historical GHG emitter to deal with the harm we have caused and are causing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/c...
Trump Pulls Out of Global Climate Treaty
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A wonderful chance to honor and reminisce about our mentor and friend Prof. Jerome Cohen. A life well lived and a major impact on so many!
Neysun Mahboubi@neysunm.bsky.social · 8mo agoProf. Jerome Alan Cohen (1930-2025) was a towering figure in the study of Chinese law. The Zhengfawei x.com/Zhengfawei80 returns to discuss his life & legacy w/Standing Committee members me, @margaretklewis.bsky.social, Mary Gallagher, @greenlawchina.bsky.social joined by Hualing Fu & Helena Kolena.
A nice profile of my work in UCLA's Blueprint Magazine this month!
UCLA Emmett Institute@uclalawemmett.bsky.social · 9mo agoUCLA's Blueprint Magazine explores China's lead in the race to renewables and features a lengthy interview and profile of our Prof. Alex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social. blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/the-...
And the Trump administration just canceled the Nevada solar project... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau
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It's official: -2025 is now a more threatening year for the survival of the republic than 1968. -John Roberts will now go down in history as a worse chief justice than Roger "Dred Scott" Taney. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
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@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact." President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
Josh Chafetz@joshchafetz.bsky.social · 10mo agoWell done, MIT! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
More bad news from the "energy emergency" president. Trump administration cancels major solar project in Nevada. heatmap.news/sparks/esmer...
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
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"This dominance would enable China to position itself as a leader in global climate talks; build stronger ties with Global South countries in need of cheaper, cleaner energy; and reduce choking pollution within China was only further reason to go all in on clean tech." @greenlawchina.bsky.social
Solar and wind are killing it. So is China. Two energy reports out this week and an LA Times op-ed by my @law.ucla.edu colleague @greenlawchina.bsky.social paint a clear picture of the future that may await us. 🧵 legal-planet.org/2025/10/09/s...
Solar and Wind are Winning - Legal Planet
Two energy reports out this week paint a clear picture of the future that awaits us: Solar and wind are winning. The US is going backward.
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Two energy reports out this week paint a clear picture of the future that may await us. Solar and wind are winning. So is China. @evanlgeorge.bsky.social @greenlawchina.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/10/09/s...
Solar and Wind are Winning - Legal Planet
Two energy reports out this week paint a clear picture of the future that awaits us: Solar and wind are winning. The US is going backward.
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I have an op-ed in the LA Times today criticizing Trump's war on renewable energy. The US is shooting itself in the foot and ceding the next generation of key technologies to other countries like China. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Even Saudi Arabia is focused on solar energy. Will the U.S. be left behind?
The rise of China as the world's clean-energy superpower and the ambitions of oil-rich Middle East countries show that the U.S. is thinking small.
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