Isabel Hilton is the founder of China Dialogue, a nonprofit and bilingual news organization based in London and Beijing, focusing on China’s interaction with the world on environment and climate issues. Previously, she was the editor of OpenDemocracy.net, and a journalist or editor for The Independent, The Guardian, The New Yorker, and The Sunday Times. She has also written and contributed to multiple books, including The Search for the Panchen Lama (1999). In this lightly edited interview, we discussed the potential for environment collaboration between China and the rest of the world, the constrained nature of climate activism in China, and why Chinese banks are beginning to account for climate risk.
Isabel Hilton.Illustration by Lauren Crow
Q: Let’s start with China Dialogue. Why did you decide to start it, and why did you decide to focus on the nexus of climate issues and China?
I did my degree in China studies, and then I studied in China. But all of this was at
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