In the West, we fundamentally misunderstand the role of pollution and the environment in China. We also don’t recognize the global injustice being conducted in the name of our prosperity in China. China has become the environmental sacrifice zone for the global economy. Toxic air and water are killing an estimated 710,000 to 760,000 Chinese each year. In China, they know the power of online media and the political fallout from the environmental injustice the Chinese people are facing from the global economy. Do we?
In China, Global Environmental Injustice Kills Millions.
In China, Global Environmental Injustice Kills Millions.
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Submitted by ItsGettingHotinHere on Sun, 2007-08-26 15:10. | Tags: health | Asia | business | china | global warming | government | Impacted Communities | International Affairs | News and Media | Political Participation | Posterity | Poverty
This is a Must Read article.
There is so much correct in this article I don't know where to begin. In so many ways we were as China is today. We had our Robber Barons who exploited the workers and raped the environmment. "There are millionaires being made in China today, but much of that money is stained with blood, soot, and coal."
We too were the world's worst polluters but as our economy grew-our wealth grew-we started to get a conscious. But today we want luxury items but we want to pay Wal-Mart prices. So "China has become the environmental sacrifice zone for the global economy."
Where or when will it end?
Richard, thanks for your thoughts.