Wang Haibin

Wang is a strategy analyst at the China Energy Fund Committee and a former assistant professor at Tsinghua University's School of Public Policy and Management. In 2009 he received a doctorate in international relations from the same university. He has written on nuclear and other energy sources in publications including Oil, Gas, & Energy Law Intelligence, The China Journal, and Uranium Intelligence Weekly.

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Articles by Wang Haibin

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
30 August 2012

The nuclear approach to climate risk

Wang HaibinAnthony TurtonHira Bahadur Thapa

From desertification in China to glacier melt in Nepal to water scarcity in South Africa, climate change is beginning to make itself felt in the developing world.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
23 August 2012

The dangers of exaggerating risk

Wang Haibin

Accidents at nuclear power facilities are rare. And even in an incident as serious as the one that occurred last year at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the damage was ultimately contained within certain limits.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
8 August 2012
AfricaAsia

To each technology its proper time and place

Wang Haibin

In his first Roundtable essay, Anthony Turton presented a perceptive analysis of the linkages among water scarcity, electricity demands, and climate change in South Africa.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
24 July 2012
Asia

Global issues, personal perspectives

Wang Haibin

It is not so simple to answer whether, given the dangers of climate change, the benefits of nuclear power outweigh the risks in developing countries. Different groups of people in the developing world may view the risks and benefits very differently.