Becker, Jasper,

China's Growing Pains. Jasper Becker. - National Geographic, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 50, Environment, 1522-3205; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. 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."

1522-3205;


Air pollution--China
Economic development--Environmental aspects
Environmental protection--China
Greenhouse gases
Health risk assessment
Water pollution--China
Water-supply--China


China--Environmental conditions
China--Industries
China--Politics and government

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