China's Growing Pains. Jasper Becker.
by Becker, Jasper; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 50Environment. Publisher: National Geographic, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Air pollution -- China | China -- Environmental conditions | China -- Industries | China -- Politics and government | Economic development -- Environmental aspects | Environmental protection -- China | Greenhouse gases | Health risk assessment | Water pollution -- China | Water-supply -- ChinaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "China may be getting richer as it turns into the workshop of the world, but as Beijingers rich and poor admit, what good is money if you can't breathe the air?" (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) This article examines the environmental ills in China and states that "if the economy keeps roaring along, within three decades China could overtake the U.S. as the world's largest source of greenhouse gases, associated with global warming."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: China's Growing Pains, March 2004; pp. 68-95.
"China may be getting richer as it turns into the workshop of the world, but as Beijingers rich and poor admit, what good is money if you can't breathe the air?" (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) This article examines the environmental ills in China and states that "if the economy keeps roaring along, within three decades China could overtake the U.S. as the world's largest source of greenhouse gases, associated with global warming."
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