China Takes Economic Hit as Environment Reaches "Point of No Return"

China's economic wealth comes at the expense of something more important - their environment. It is reported that local governments in China have kept factories and furnaces open and running even when nothing is being made. Due to this careless act, Alex Wolf of Aberdeen Standard Investments claims that China's environment is "near the point of no return". In 2015 alone, the smog in Beijing killed 1.1 million people, which is the most of any other country in the world. That being said, Beijing has acknowledged the problem and is now promoting clean energy policies throughout all of China. Do you think that China's environmental issues will continue to grow or start to diminish as their economic power grows?

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  1. chrheaNovember 30, 2017 at 1:07 PM

    Brings up a good point about "the point of no return." I think it is a commonly held misconception that damaged environments, once left alone, will always fix themselves.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 1, 2017 at 4:40 AM

    I think that this is very sad to see happen. I think that we need to be careful before the entire world's environment is "to a point of no return." I think that China needs to hurry and do something to change their ways before more of the citizens die because of their pollution.

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