Foreign Affairs - The Great Leap Backward? - Elizabeth C. Economy: "China's environmental woes are mounting, and the country is fast becoming one of the leading polluters in the world. The situation continues to deteriorate because even when Beijing sets ambitious targets to protect the environment, local officials generally ignore them, preferring to concentrate on further advancing economic growth. Really improving the environment in China will require revolutionary bottom-up political and economic reforms."
China is the world’s leading producer of both carbon dioxide and air pollution. Does it have the will to clean itself up? Or must greed prevail?
Thursday, August 30, 2007
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