History land wrote:Ok true there a communist country they have more poverty. I don`t like planned economies. But at least china is doing the smart thing and are trying to get rich by not caring about the enviorment. There looking out for themslves. The US should not care about the world they should care about the US only.
A senior Chinese official has told the BBC the country's environmental problems have reached crisis levels.
Pan Yue, deputy head of the State Environmental Protection Administration, said the problems now threatened economic performance.
He said China's industrial development was unsustainable, because its resources could not cope.
Environmental problems like pollution, acid rain and contaminated rivers have only now become a key policy issue.
Mr Pan said that China could no longer afford to follow the West's resources-hungry model of development and it should encourage its citizens to avoid adopting the developed world's consumer habits.
This is not to say that Beijing is to abandon its economic ambitions.
The pace of industrial development over the past 20 years has been unprecedented in human history and Mr Pan acknowledged that there would be political and social problems if China's economic growth rate was not sustained.
But he said that more emphasis should be placed on renewable energy, replacing its coal-fired power stations with greener technology, and penalising factories that cause pollution.
Oh dear, when is reality going to meet with your fantasy land?
While China is certainly still producing pollution, it also certainly recognises the problem. Corruption is an inhibitor on government attempts to clean its act.
Yet it recognises that it's not sustainable.
