If you have any interest in China, especially in environmental issues related to the middle kingdom, you MUST visit the website China Dialogue. Set up by leading UK journalist Isabel Hilton in 2006, the website has become one of the de-facto go-to websites for all issues covering the numerous challenges China is currently facing with the environment. What makes the site unique, besides the fact it deals exclusively with environmental issues is that it is bilingual, published in both English and Chinese Mandarin. Not only are the articles bilingual, the comments sections are also translated so that dialogue can take place between netizens from the west and those within China itself.
This week, China Dialogue has published my photo essay from my recent work on desertification in China for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. You can view the article here. Whilst I am always happy to see my work published in whatever form it may be, I am most excited when it is published in an arena that allows different potential audiences to view and understand the work, in this case, through the bilingual nature of the site.
