Joint Research Project Papers
Through the program, VLS, SYSU, Renmin and CUPL faculty and students conduct research on practical approaches to ameliorating China’s extensive environmental problems. Past student and faculty research has been supported by the Lingnan Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Students are involved in year-long collaborative research projects that pair VLS students with either SYSU, Renmin or CUPL law students. VLS students travel to SYSU, Renmin and CUPL to present research results together with their SYSU, Renmin and CUPL counterparts and to expand their knowledge of China’s legal system and environmental laws.
Collaborative Research Projects 2011 - 2012
Heather Croshaw and Wang Ye, Bridging the Transparency Gap: Catalyzing Meaningful U.S.- China Participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative for Energy Security
Brian Marshall and Dong Po, Market-Based Solutions for Vehicle Emissions in the United States and China
Jeff Polubinski and Dong Xuemin, A Comparison of the Public Participation Mechanisms in the Licensing of Nuclear Power Plants in China and the United States
Sara Imperiale and Wang Pianpian, Waste Incineration, Community Participation, and Environmental Justice: A Comparative Study of China and the United States
Nat Green and Pan Qing, Where Willows Harmonize the Wind: China's Renewable Energy Law and its Role in Wind Power Development (Word doc)
Allison Cameron and Luo Wei, An Environmental Impact Assessment for Hydropower Development in China (Word doc)
Collaborative Research Projects 2010 - 2011
Inga Caldwell and Xinyu Wang, A Hidden Problem: China's Contaminated Site Soil Pollution Crisis
Kate Swartz and Guan Lin, Taming the Dragon: How Corporate Giants in China can be Employed to Further Environmental Risk Management
Erica Lewis and Ye Yuanbo, Implementing the Rule of Law While Maintaining Government Legitimacy: Guangdong Spearheading China's Water Pollution Permitting System
Allie Lipshutz Silverman and Chen Min, Is it a race? Promoting Green Jobs through Wind Energy: A Comparison of U.S. and China's Policies
Joshua Harvey and Yang Min, The Unconventional Promise and Problems of Shale Gas Development in the U.S. and China: A Comparative Study
Collaborative Research Projects 2009 - 2010
Amy Driscoll and Wu Siheng, Poverty or Poison? China's Dire Choice in an Electronic World
Brandon Gillin and Yu Lijie, Keeping Up With Chinese Consumerism: Offsetting China's Individually Created Garbage With Regulatory and Social Mechanisms
Patrick Munson and Zheng Ronghui, Feeding the Dragon: Managing Chinese Resource Acquisition in Africa
Michael Rohwer and Chen Huizhen, Affordable, Reliable and Sustainable: A New Route for China's Renewable Energy Market
Joseph M. Starnes and Song Lina, China's Green Glow: Gambling on Nuclear Power to Effectively and Efficiently Reduce Climate-Change Emissions
Collaborative Research Projects 2008-2009
Carolyn Aldreman, Cui Shidan, Du Qinghua, and Liu Yunhai, Guangzhou Emission Trading System Intial Study
Shannon Consentino-Roush, Wu Yingjun, Zhao Wenkang and Zhai Lingyan, Study on Critical Issues on Drinking Water Pollution and Prevention Control Legislation
Ashley Laney and Kang Siying, Comparative Study on Sino-India Environmental Basic Law
Thomas Baker and Huang Xiaodi, Compartative Study on Sino-US Environmental Law Enforcement
Anna Skubikowski and Deng Minzhen, Comparative Study on Sino-US Franchise System to Operate Public Utilities
Collaborative Research Projects 2007 - 2008
Jack Sautter and Jeanne Li, The Clean Development Mechanism in China: Assessing the Tension Between Development and Curbing Anthropogenic Climate Change [PUBLISHED AS: John A. Sautter, The Clean Development Mechanism in China: Assessing the Tension Between Development and Curbing Anthropogenic Climate Change, 27 Va. Envtl. L.J. 91 (2009).]
Timothy Riley and Huiyan Cai, Unmasking Chinese Business Enterprises: Using Information Disclosure Laws to Enhance Public Participation in Corporate Environmental Decision Making, 33 Harvard Environmental Law Review 177 (2009).
Natalie Firestine and Wencui Luo, Providing China's Expanding Industry With a Cleaner Energy Source: Fostering "Energy Efficiency" as the "First" Fuel Through Energy Service Contracting
Joshua Belcher and Huanyan Zhang, Green Incentives in China's Enterprise Income Tax: China's Increasing Use of Market Mechanisms to Control Pollution
Camille Dalmacio and Fan Yang, The Progression of Property Rights with "Chinese Characteristics"
Collaborative Research Projects 2006 - 2007
Heather Jarvis and Wei Xu, Comparative Analysis of Air Pollution Trading in the United States and China, 36 Environmental Law Reporter 10234 (2006).
Jesse L. Moorman and Zhang Ge, Promoting and Strengthening Public Participation in China's Environmental Impact Assessment Process: Comparing China's EIA Law and U.S. NEPA, 8 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 278 (2006–2007).
Martin Eng and Daisy Zhong, Comparative Analysis of Environmental NGOs in the United States and China (2006).
Quoc Nguyen and Peng Ruoyu, International Comparative Analysis on Environmental Dispute Resolution of the Wengyuan Cancer Villages (2007).
Linda Tsang and Qingfeng Yang, This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land: Remedies for China’s Polluted Land and Soil (2007).
Li Zhiping, Protection of Peasants' Environmental Rights During Social Transition: Rural Regions in Guangdong Province, 8 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 338 (2006–2007).
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