Saturday, February 03, 2007

SPIEGEL ONLINE - The Downside of the Boom: China's Poison for the Planet

SPIEGEL ONLINE, 02/01/2007
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The Downside of the Boom: China's Poison for the Planet
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Can the environment withstand China's growing economic might? As one
of the planet's worst polluters, Beijing's ecological sins are
creating problems on a global scale. Many countries are now feeling
the consequences.

By Andreas Lorenz and Wieland Wagner

You can download the complete article over the Internet at the
following URL:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,461828,00.html


More about this issue
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SPIEGEL Special: Globalization, the New World: Cheap, Cheerful and
Chinese?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,385446,00.html

The World's Toxic Waste Dump: Choking on Chemicals in China
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,387392,00.html

SPIEGEL Interview with China's Deputy Minister of the Environment:
"The Chinese Miracle Will End Soon"
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,345694,00.html

Postcard from China: Workers Complete Three Gorges Dam
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,417473,00.html

The River Runs Black: China Takes on Pollution -- Sort of
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,395543,00.html