Top 62 Quotes by Ma Jun

About Ma Jun

These are some quotes by Chinese author Ma Jun Environmentalist, who was born on May 22, 1968.

China is bearing the environmental cost for much of the world because China is the factory of the world.

China is bearing the environmental cost for much of the world because China is the factory of the world.

Ma Jun

One thing most people would agree is that climate change would add further uncertainties to our already quite tight water supply situation in China.

One thing most people would agree is that climate change would add further uncertainties to our already quite tight water supply situation in China.

Ma Jun

Pollution is a serious one. Water pollution, air pollution, and then solid hazardous waste pollution. And then beyond that, we also have the resources issue. Not just water resources but other natural resources, the mining resources being consumed, and the destruction of our ecosystem.

Ma Jun

If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.

If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.

Ma Jun

They pollute. It's not because morally they have a problem, but more because the mechanism now is rewarding those who cut corners to save cost.

They pollute. It's not because morally they have a problem, but more because the mechanism now is rewarding those who cut corners to save cost.

Ma Jun

No matter how rich you are, you can't get healthy air.

No matter how rich you are, you can't get healthy air.

Ma Jun

On April 16, 2010, 34 Chinese environmental organizations, including Friends of Nature, the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Green Beagle, questioned heavy metal pollution in a letter sent to CEO Steve Jobs.

Ma Jun

Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.

Ma Jun

I think there are a few brands like Nike and Patagonia which are quite progressively minded.

I think there are a few brands like Nike and Patagonia which are quite progressively minded.

Ma Jun

Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China plain; they are facing a very serious water shortage. Per capita levels have dropped to very serious levels, including in Beijing.

Ma Jun

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