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They had taken action. They knew how to. They're just not doing it. In just a year before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, they reduced Beijing's pollution levels to
by solox3 14y ago
They had taken action. They knew how to. They're just not doing it.
In just a year before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, they reduced Beijing's pollution levels to "enough to see the blue sky", in time for international visitors to arrive.
They have a billion citizens. Their livelihoods cost nothing. Nothing except their face ("public image") will make them improve living standards for the masses.
- melling 14y agoThey had 1 billion people 30 years ago. Now they're at 1.3 billion. That is, the United States plus 1 billion. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next 20-30 years. Even with their problems, it's starting to look like the century of China.
- yaix 14y agoIt is the USA, Canada, the European Union and all of Latin America combined.
- Tichy 14y agoHaven't they always had more people than most other countries?
- newbie12 14y agoActually China is facing a demographic decline-- from growing wealth and the echo of the "one child" policy. If demographics are all that matter, the next century will belong to India, the Middle East, and Africa.