china's growing takes its toll

In this article it states that china is starting to go overboard with their pollution. This is starting to cause a chain reaction that will eventually harm not only the air they breathe but also the food they eat. While they are trying to become more industrial they are polluting the air but they are saying that they just want to try and catch up economically, since they are a developing country, before they start worrying about the harm that they are doing to the environment. In making all of this pollution it will then cause the glaciers to melt this will have a direct affect on the Tibetan plateau. By melting these glaciers it will cause the water temperature to increase which will allow algae and thus causing damage to the agricultural production and then untimely the foods they consume. Also by the glaciers melting, the water levels will rise and over 400 square feet of what was once land will be covered by water.
I liked how this article told you why China is polluting so much and a reason why they feel it is necessary. It also goes further onto telling why this is a problem and not just by saying that it creates global warming because most people to a certain extent would come this conclusion. It article told you alternative affects of the pollution to where it affects the people who live here. That is where I thought the article hit home and made you realize that this is a growing problem. At the end of the article it then showed that the labor costs are down but more people are being hired which is bringing up the income that these people are receiving which will give them a higher standard of living. This point gives a positive effect of what is going on by showing that they are helping the people.

Article was written by Richard Spencer in Beijin
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