[doorbell rings] liu jianqiang: hi. fred: hi. liu: fred? hi. fred: good to meet you. liu: nice to see you. fred: likewise. liu jianqiang is an investigative journalist. his first story about the environment was an exposÉ about illegal dam construction on the upper yangtze river. it made national headlines. his hard-hitting stories eventually got him fired, so he continued his work as the beijing editor of china dialogue, an online international journal. [liu speaking chinese] fred: but after 10 years of reporting, he was feeling burned out. [liu speaking chinese] translator: i think that our environmental activists and those who work for public welfare need more powerful spiritual support. why? every day what we do may be good deeds which give us positive energy, but meanwhile what we are facing is the darkest side of the world. every day what we see is polluted air, polluted rivers, and the slaughter of wild animals. this kind of negative energy attacks us all the time. we've been working on environmental protection for a long time, but the situation in china is gett