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Alex Wang is Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, and a Faculty Co-Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. He is a leading expert on environmental law and the law and politics of China. His research focuses on the interaction of law and institutions in China and the United States. His previous research has examined, among other things, the institutional design of environmental law and policy, environmental bureaucracy, public interest litigation, information disclosure, and environmental courts. His work has addressed air pollution, climate change, and other environmental issues.
He holds a J.D. from NYU School of Law, and earned his B.S. in Biology with distinction from Duke University. He was a fellow of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (2008-10), and is a member of the Advisory Board to the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations. He is a regular speaker on issues related to China and environmental protection.
How Responsible Are Americans for China’s Pollution Problem?
Energy Innovation and the Law @ UCLA
Air Pollution in China Shuts Down City of 11 Million
Food safety in China, or is that rat meat in my lamb?
Airpocalypse Now: China's Tipping Point?
Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun an awardee of the 2012 Goldman Environmental Prize
China Vice-President Xi Jinping in America: some thoughts on US-China environmental collaboration
China's Climate Change White Paper
Apple's China Problem
Panel - Environmental Law in China: Implications for Bay Area Business (September 27, 2011)