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To: aculeus

If they don't self destruct through pollution. Most of their rivers and ground water is incredibly polluted and you don't want to breath in their big cities. Read somewhere that the average mainlander gets less than 1/3 the average clean water of the rest of the world, and it's getting worse.


5 posted on 05/31/2005 4:13:13 AM PDT by ProudVet77 (Warning: Frequent sarcastic posts)
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To: ProudVet77
Exactly.

China's pollution problems are so serious it would take several trillion US dollars to help resolve their pollution problems, especially air and water pollution that has already affect the health of many Chinese across that country.

39 posted on 05/31/2005 6:10:50 AM PDT by RayChuang88
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To: ProudVet77

"If they don't self destruct through pollution. Most of their rivers and ground water is incredibly polluted and you don't want to breath in their big cities. Read somewhere that the average mainlander gets less than 1/3 the average clean water of the rest of the world, and it's getting worse."

Good point. There are cities in China that our State Dept won't post employees who have asthmatics in their family because the air is so bad.


68 posted on 06/01/2005 3:21:26 PM PDT by phil_will1
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