This book is for policymakers, students, scholars, and concerned citizens who are interested in Chinese affairs, politics, international relations, the environment, public health, and public policy. Huang presents new evidence of China's deepening health crisis and examines the implications for Chinese politics and China's international ascendance.

Yanzhong Huang is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a professor at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, where he developed the first academic concentration among US schools of international affairs to explicitly address the security and foreign policy aspects of global health issues. His writing has appeared in outlets including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, and the International Herald Tribune.

Part I: 1. Health effects of environmental degradation; 2. Economic, sociopolitical and foreign policy impacts; Part II: 3. Evolving environmental health policy; 4. Implementing environmental health policy; 5. An assessment of policy effectiveness; Notes; Index.