The Chinese government is short-sighted, greedy, corrupt, and not very bright. That’s why that nation is the most environmentally toxic on Earth. Their soil is so fouled by industrial pollutants that most of the vegetables and livestock they grow are considered unfit for human consumption by Western standards.
To some in here that makes China a paradise. No environmental regulations and businesses are free to pour whatever crap they want into the air, water, and soil.
Yeah, all us conservatives want to breath bad air, drink contaminated water, and eat polluted food.
Kindly go back to DU...
On pollution in China...
1. China shouldn’t be manufacturing for so many other nation.
2. The damage from pollution is usually exaggerated. Not all soil in China is so toxic.
3. Environmental laws were and are selectively enforced in the USA (e.g., pollution drained into US lakes and rivers already outlawed but unenforced against big, government-linked corporates). There was much corruption and still is (e.g., American-based manufacturers of products on foreign soil pushing for environmentalist regs against manufacturing in the USA.