Either way, I tend to believe they can do it if they really put their minds to it.
To bad most of the technology they will import will be German and Japanese. The US is really quite far behind at least in terms of household goods. Of course, a lot of what the US uses is imported as well.
Efficiency really is the future.
Second comment: This story may be the opposite of reality because it is, in fact, coming from Reuters.
Oh, I wouldn't doubt the Chinese are *saying* they will do these things.
Whether anything substantive will actually change, is another thing altogether.
Anyone who has been in China knows the pollution is abysmal.
Combination of ignorance and the need to make money with no restrictions.
I'll be fascinated to see how this actually works. Based on whose definition one chooses to use, pollution extends to everything related to human existence on earth and beyond.
Allow me to provide an example. Suppose that ALL human-related "pollution" were actually eliminated from China and the Chinese were forced to resort to the horse and buggy for their transportation and freight shipping needs. The problem they face is that horses still produce "pollution". They poop and they fart. Based on any given envirowacko's definition of pollution, horse poop can be considered a pollutant and farts emit methane gas (fineable if your a cattle farmer in New Zealand).
So, I generally scoff at the notion that China will end pollution once and for all. As the genteel among us might say, "It is to laugh".