Inside Story - China's pollution dilemma
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Smog levels in Beijing this year were almost seven times the maximum exposure recommended by the World Health Organization. That makes the smog a matter of life and death. In the first quarter of this year more than 90 percent of Chinese cities failed to meet the government's own air-quality standards. Air pollution contributes to 17 percent of all deaths in China. As many as 1.6 million people died this year as a result of air pollution, the Berkeley Research Group estimates. That's about 4,400 people dying every day. But what is the government doing to tackle the issue? And why has it failed to strike a balance between economic growth and public health? Presenter: Kamahl Santamaria Guests: Einar Tangen - Political and economic affairs analyst advising the Chinese government. Steve Tsang - Senior fellow at the China Policy Institute at the University of Nottingham in the UK. Tamara Savelyeva - Professor at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. - Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check out our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
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china is a huge country..it doesnt take one day to fix everything... it is clearing china is fixing their own issue like other countries..
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electric car production 24/7 for the next 20 years then take away gas powered. except military and slowly but need to start now hydrogen buses and different tech energy efficiency and yes environmental ecosystem is important you have more than enough citizens and students to foarm a guideline for companies and citizens maybe once you phase out gas engines make people pay to have a carbon vehicle.
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oh boy cant wait for a fallout winter
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You'd think that China would be on the forefront of renewable energy research via necessity.
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You just can't sustain massive growth. You need to develop safeguards and protections.
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Sad, Beijin's awesome modern beauty hidden by smoke.
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it is no secret that the leaders of China have no regard for human life, just look at Tibet
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Im finding myself being attracted to this news reader. He is quite sexy huh...
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What are the people in China going to do about this? Some have said that they will run out of fresh water by 2030. As one of Americas largest trading partner, that is horrendous news.
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''Usually clear at the moment'' outright lie again, Beijing has like 200 days of clear blue skies, this is documented and monitored constantly, check the records.
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Lie already at the beginning, ''levels never seen before'' it was actually worse very often before that, just because they issued the first two red alerts it doesn't mean it was worse than ever before.
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China should ban AL Jazeera, oops they already done that
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A centralized government with rampant corruption is almost useless. They can make a decision overnight but it has very effect because they cannot implement it effectively.
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they have smog we have chemtrails..government gonna do what they want, it's not about the people it's about the money.
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And the water situation is far worse than the air problem. Get to work China.
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What if it's a secret method to lower the population...
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China is developing gradaully and suffering some problems, China will solve them gradaully. By the way, 13 Indian cities are among the most 20 polluted cities in the world, none of China city are among the top 20 polluted cities in the world. With far more serious pollution than China and almost same popullation, India GDP is only 2.5 trillion USD in 2016, while China GDP is 11 trillion USD in 2016.
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Glad I live in the UK. Clean air, clean tap water, and safe food. Rule Britannia!
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Communist government + huge population = the death of (many) individuals don't matter
Xi Jinping's daughter spent 4 years at Harvard; she wasn't breathing Beijing air.
The guy in Nottingham clobbered the toady in Beijing.
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