Artificial forests: China's tree planting triumph!

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  Discussion keeps the world turning.

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  This is Roundtable.

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  Hello, welcome to Roundtable where we serve up piping hot debates on the issues that sizzle in China and beyond.

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  I'm neohenglin.

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  If planting trees could be a competitive sport, China would be taking home some gold medals.

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  With over 25% forest coverage and the world's largest artificial forest, China isn't just going green, it's going super green these days.

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  But how did this happen?

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  Let's dig deep to find out the roots of this incredible transformation.

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  For today's show, I'm joined by Lai Ming and Steve Hatherley.

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  Now grab your virtual compass and follow us to the heart of the discussion.

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  Once home to some of the world's most severe desertification, China was losing land at an alarming rate.

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  Fast forward to today and it leads the world in reforestation.

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  What changed is China's green success just about planting trees?

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  What's the bigger picture?

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  What are some lessons that we can learn from the previous approach?

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  March 12 marks China's national Tree Planting Day.

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  On this special day, Roundtable invites you to discover how to make us greener.

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  And before answering all these serious and hard to answer questions, I want to ask you a simple one.

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  Have you ever planted a tree before?

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  Well, I'm Canadian, so what do you think is the answer?

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