China's Dirty Face

GK

This article is from businessweek,see what are other contries comments on China's biz development.

Despite a clean-up of Beijing and a handful of other big cities, most of China is still reeling from the devastation wrought by three decades of communist industrial development and the subsequent 25 years of quasi-capitalism. [br][br]The country is gobbling up ever more oil, coal, and natural gas -- even as it faces diminishing resources at home and soaring prices on international markets. Of the world's 10 most-polluted cities, 6 are in China, according to the World Bank, which estimates that pollution costs China more than $54 billion a year in environmental damage and health problems.[br]

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九层塔

What are you trying to say...))?

GK

Burning Issue

The problems are compounded by China's inefficient use of electricity, oil, and coal. China consumes 4.7 times as much energy as the U.S. to produce each dollar of GDP
-- and 11.5 times as much as Japan.

Alarmingly, the nation is getting less efficient, not more. After making steady progress in energy efficiency for two decades, China has been consuming energy at a rate faster than its GDP since 2002

GK

Coal curse

Coal may be the biggest culprit. China has tens of thousands of small mines that pay scant attention to environmental concerns or safety, and thousands of miners die underground each year.

Such neglect helps keep costs down, so most of China's electricity comes from power plants that burn high-sulfur coal. Worse, few have effective emission controls, a big contributor to the acid rain that falls on one-third of the country.

GK

In its quest for development, China is building highways -- and cars -- at an accelerating pace. There are 26 million cars on the road today, and that number is expected to double by 2010. By then, automobiles are expected to account for nearly two-thirds of China's air pollution.

Some officials, though, are trying to hold the line on auto emissions. The country has recently introduced strict controls. And Beijing has equipped more than 2,500 buses with engines powered by natural gas, at a total cost of $26 million.

GK

any one who want to check this in detail ,pls refer to

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/08/environment/index_01.htm,thanks!

beat_it

Over one hundred miners died just recently in Canton , no one is punished except the owner.

乙肝杀手

it's a serious problem

太湖之梦

what Gk said is really true, but i have a question to everyone for consideration : Are you proud of our country?
The fact is, our country is an underdeveloped nation on the aspects of ecnomy, culture,scientics, democracy.

beat_it

Actually I can only say 'In this country can nothing deserve my pride except Tang poems'.