><http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictures-pollution-in-china/>

Local communities have been complaining, protesting and rioting over 
this for at least 20 years that I know of, to not much avail.

Further anti-pollution riots break out in China | Environment ...
2 Sep 2009 ... Two thousand riot police fired tear gas and warning 
shots in Quanzhou, as demonstrators protested against foul stench and 
cancer rates.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/02/anti-pollution-riot-china>

Local governments keep Chinese public in the dark about pollution ...
4 Sep 2009 ... Anti pollution riots in Quanzhou, Fujian, China. The 
plant in Fujian, China, whose foul smells led to anti-pollution 
protests in the ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/04/china-pollution-secrecy>

Xinhua: China sacks officials after pollution riots - Science News ...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has sacked or punished senior government 
officials in the country's affluent east over a pollution stand-off 
that turned violent, ... 
<http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/344458/xinhua_china_sacks_officials_after_pollution_riots/>

Top China lead smelter acknowledges poisoning role
Reuters - Lucy Hornby, Jonathan Leff - Oct 13, 2009
"Mass incidents" -- or riots and protests -- sparked by environmental 
problems have been rising at a rate of 30 percent per year, according 
to China's ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE59C1Q220091013>

Appearance of a Legal System in China Misleading, Says Commission
The Epoch Times - Gary Feuerberg - Oct 18, 2009
The worsening air and water pollution may explain the dramatic 
increase in cancer victims-roughly 20 percent since 2005, based on 
PRC official statistics. ...
<http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23992/>

And so on - what's behind the growth rates. IMHO, if the Chinese 
people had real Internet access Beijing wouldn't be able to hold back 
the protests.

China's All-Seeing Eye
With the help of U.S. defense contractors, China is building the 
prototype for a high-tech police state. It is ready for export.
NAOMI KLEIN, Rolling Stone, May 29, 2008
<http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20797485/chinas_allseeing_eye>

The Olympics: Unveiling Police State 2.0
by Naomi Klein
The Huffington Post, August 7, 2008
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-klein/the-olympics-unveiling-po_b_117403.html>

It isn't just a local issue: 
<http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg74762.html> 
(tip of the iceberg).

Meanwhile I often receive stuff like this, just in:

>Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:53:56 -0700
>From: "Marc Merson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Join a booming China green building market
>
>The 2nd Annual China Eco Expo
>    
>               An international Trade show and conference dedicated 
>to the products,
>               technologies, and services, for green building and 
>sustainable cities
>     
>                June 3-5, 2010 at the  China International Exhibition Center,
>
>       China Eco Expo is produced in partnership with the PRC 
>Ministry of Housing,
>       Urban and Rural Development (Formally Ministry of 
>Construction) and will be held
>       in conjunction with the Ministry's Official 15th Annual Show.
>
>      China Eco Expo Features:
>
>
>            * A professional attendance of over 30,000
>            * An extensive matchmaking program
>            * A high level conference with a special focus on China's 
>cities and their Mayors
>            * A full scale model  Green Office of the future.
>            * A comprehensive advertising and promotional campaign.
>          * Access to a booming green building and sustainable cities market
>
>      Our debut show in 2009 was a substantial success, with an 
>attendance of  30,000, visits from
>      high Ministerial officials, widespread media coverage, and 
>promotion as the major feature of
>      the entire event.  See a report 
><http://www.ecoexpo.com/files/00AreportAMOC.pdf>
>
>     Find out more about this gateway to the world's most exciting 
>green building
>     and green cities market  at <http://www.ecoexpo.com>
>
>     Request more information at. <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]

:-) Green growth will save them? Or is there more profit in the cheap 
and nasty way? Not much of a bet, eh?

A Better Measure than GDP
TIME - Stephan Faris - Oct 23, 2009
... Starting in 2004, China attempted to introduce a "green GDP," 
adjusted to reflect the cost of pollution. By the time officials 
computed the costs of tainted rivers, smoke-filled skies, shattered 
ecosystems and strip-mined hillsides, their growth figures had 
dropped so dramatically - in some provinces they fell close to zero - 
that the proposal was quickly scrapped. By 2007 the effort had 
collapsed completely.
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1931660,00.html>

A different kind of race to the bottom.

Best

Keith


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