Is China wakingup to the environmental mess?


	Is China wakingup to the environmental mess?

bs1999bs

6-6-2008 7:31 AM

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environment, pollution

bs1999bs says:

For too long China has been an environmental vandal but this article suggests there is hope that change is taking place. Is it too little, too late though?

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