IN TIMES OF CHANGE, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHINESE

Major survey sheds light on qualities of citizens behind the country's rapid development and achievements over the past decades

When Dutchman Dimitri De Boer arrived in Beijing nearly two decades ago, the skies were hazy but locals did not seem to believe it had anything to do with air pollution.

People "definitely didn't think about the environment", said De Boer, 42, who is based in the Chinese capital and heads the China program of the environmental law charity ClientEarth.