Analysis Of The Filth They Breathe In China By Michael Auslin

The world economy has improved rapidly as a result of globalization in past decades. However, many environmental problems began to emerge during the economic boom. Especially, in the middle of the 20th century after World War II, many countries restarted economic development and urban construction. At this time, severe air pollution influenced a number of regions. For instance, London was affected by a critical air pollution event, called the Great Smog of London, in December 1952. During a week, 4000 people had died as a direct result of smog and over 100000 were got ill by the human respiratory tract. Subsequently, from 1978 to now, China has seen a great amount of economic increase, with its gross domestic product (GDP) expanding hundreds time since the reform and opening up. Although China has obtained a huge progress with the globalization, it has resulted in a series of environmental problems at the same time. The aim of the essay is to discover how the globalization affected the environment on air pollution, soil pollution and biological invasion in China. And I intend to analyze the instances of the connection between air

In the article, “The Filth They Breath in China,” author, Michael Auslin, discusses the health concerns that citizens in China are forced to face, and how the country put itself in that position. China positioned the importance of its economic success, above the health of its people. The air quality has reached a state where people are urged to stay inside in order to avoid the dense smog. Also, industries have dumped an immense amount of waste into water sources, causing them to be unsafe for public use. These extreme living conditions should catch the eye of those living in the United States, in order to prevent the same from happening to them.

In the article “Beijing to Raise Threshold on Red Alerts for Smog”, it’s very interesting to know that finally China is doing something about their air pollution problem. For years and years they haven’t done anything because China doesn’t have the same rules and regulation as the United States of America. China produces a lot of products for different countries so that’s a major source of pollution also and they don’t have any kind of regulations on the smoke coming from the factories, and the air quality is terrible their as well. In the United States the EPA has the authority to shut down factories and tell them they need to make changes because we take pollution seriously compared to China who just takes it lightly which isn’t a good thing.

For decades America has fought tirelessly to put a controlled cap on pollution, but surprisingly, America is not the problem when speaking in terms of pollution. World in the Balance- China Revs Up is a documentary on the continuously growing pollution rates in China. The documentary also explains what causes the rise in pollution and how it affects the environment around the world. The theme that follows this documentary is that, through the constant advances of China, pollution continues to grow and negatively impact the world. Cars and smoke created from coal is only two of the many ways pollutants enter the air in China, which makes it very difficult to breathe and even in some cases leads to health issues.

A Ghanaian and founder of Smart Youth Volunteers Foundation, Lailah Gifty Akita said “Laziness has made our cities unclean. If we begin to work and act appropriately, we will clean our cities of any dirt.” People’s self-centered personality had caused the pollution, and if people think more about the city and implicate to help then people can get rid of the pollution. So, as the city that suffers from one of the most serious pollutions, Beijing air quality is a getting worse every year because of the dearth of citizen support. Also, Beijing population is increasing and as people increase so do the number of cars. Unfortunately, the amount of trees shrinks, and the Beijing government cannot reduce the use of coal that is unnecessary. Consequently, Beijing suffers from air pollution as a result of high population density, commercial use of coal, and lack of citizen involvement.

This article describes the threat coal burning possesses towards China by vastly increasing air pollution, leading to many deaths. Furthermore, the article details both how effective the Chinese government’s response has been towards the increasing dangers of air pollution and the effect of heavy air pollution. The author, Edward Wong, a former TIME news foreign correspondent, has written many unbiased articles related to global crises for NY Times and TIMES News. Published by the somewhat reliable news source New York Times, the credibility of the author compensates for any issues. Covering many important issues around the world such as the Iraq war, the author’s credibility is vastly justified. This article provides detail into the damage

In the present day a majority of China’s major cities contain hazardous amounts of air smog, enough to cause shortness of breath, obstruction to a person’s airway, and just impede a citizen’s daily life. Pollution exists in these crammed megalopolises because the city is constantly on the move for fast tracking improvements and

When people talk about the most polluted place in the world the first word that pops up in their head is China. China has had many problems with pollution, to the point where it is now effecting the populations health. Pollution in China has become so bad that 1.1 million people are estimated to have died because of it. The skies of China are no longer blue and are hovered by grey clouds of pollution. Even though China’s coal burning and heavy industry has brought many people out of poverty, it’s at the cost of their health. This leaves many people poisoned water making it undrinkable and food that is not edible.

A recent study found that an average 1.6 million people die every year in China because of the growing smog and manmade air pollution that clouds over the country. While global warming and reducing our carbon footprint has become an almost world wide effort, China has been one of the main countries associated with pollution especially air pollution or smog. A research team based out of California discovered that a majority of people in China are breathing unhealthy air because of the pollution mainly due to China's coal factories. The smog has also been related to diseases such as cancer which has killed tens of thousands of Chinese people. Even with the evidence and studies conducted, the Chinese

Air pollution is basically when has become a problem in China. It has caused problems to ones health. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, such fine particles can cause asthma, bronchitis, and acute and chronic respiratory symptoms such as shortness of breath and painful breathing, and may also lead to premature death. China does not go a day without one dying fro air pollution. Last year 7 million people die annually because of exposure to polluted air (The World health Organization). China's air pollution has triggered ones asthma. It has also cause ones to develop lung cancer, which could be very deadly.

As a result of past human irresponsibility with waste, the waters of China have become heavily polluted and toxic. Despite the additional regulations and enforcement that would be necessary to clean up the waters and the costs that come with them, the government must devote the human resources necessary to clean and facilitate the waters in order for the continued prosperity of China. The imperativity of China’s condition is explicitly put into proportion by Jenifer and Jerry Mcbeath when they assert that “water degradation… has reached crisis proportions” and “China’s water supply is 25% below the global average”. These poor conditions are a result of a multitude of regulation deficiencies, for example, those of factories, agriculture, and littering. Numerous industry manufacturing centers have been established on the coasts of rivers and waterways so that their waste may have easy disposal access, and the greatest amount of plastics runoff into the ocean is China’s. (Mcbeath and Mcbeath; “First… Waste”) If these issues are not regulated appropriately, the pollution will continue to increase and become further detrimental to all life in China. Already, countless areas of the ocean, rivers, and waterways are unusable or polluted as a result of the past abuses and lacking regulations. (Tibi; Moxley) In order for the waters to be restored, an organized system must be enforced for China to continue functioning.

As pollution levels increase and more of the world is modernized, the topic of global warming has become unavoidable. However, as bad as politicians and scientists make it out to be, pollution also has its benefits. Such information can be found online in "Ted Talks" such as, "A Critical Look at Geoengineering Against Climate Change" presented by an environmental scientist that studies climate and challenges everyday beliefs, David Keith. Also in articles like, “The Filth They Breathe in China” on Articles of the Week, is written by a political author, Micheal Austin, articulating how China’s population and environment are affected by pollution. Without a doubt, pollution boosts economy, science, and the pharmaceutical industry.

For the past thirty years, China 's GDP has been growth at a substantial rate 10% annually, when totaling that up for 30 years, that would be an increase over 17 times their original economy before their economic boom. China 's economy is ranked second to the U.S and it is the world 's largest exporter and the world 's second largest importer. This sounds magnificent, of course, until we bring into the statistics of China 's pollution level increase within those thirty years as well. Before China 's economic boom, their economy pollution was only minimal, after the economic reform implemented by Deng Xiao Ping, the economy started to grow, and pollution started to soar as well. From 1980 to 2001, China 's economy have grown at 10% GDP, but its energy consumption have not grown as fast, meaning there were less pollution than growth. China had excess energy to sell to the energy market in the world prior to 2002. After 2002, China 's demand for energy skyrocketed, which mean their pollution also skyrocketed to an unprecedented level in China 's history. By 2007, China had surpass U.S at the number one spot in pollution, in which it emits 20 million tons of Co2 annually, and this number is predicted to increase even more, but their economy was still only ranked second. Which means that China had generating more pollution per dollar GDP than the U.S. China is a very

Since 2010 mass media rise up reports of haze and PM2.5 which are two of main reason result in air pollution and make bad impacts on people’s health in China. Most of times when haze happened in people’s life it lasts for a long time in a severe way. People in China can feel that air pollution become much worse day by day since 2012. People even need to check the air pollution index to arrange their lives; they wear a paper mask or more serious mask to go out and to work even to have parties with friends. People rely on fresh air to live, but now they even do not know when they can take a fresh breath again. Air pollution became increasingly bad nowadays; haze and PM2.5 influence people deeply, Chinese people should pay more attention on it and value environmental protection.

With a sole focus on economic growth, China is killing itself. Even though China has experienced record-breaking development, almost half of the surface water and nearly two thirds of underground water, the primary source of drinking water, is deemed unfit for human contact (Faulkner). China has sixteen out of twenty of the world’s worst polluted cities according to the World’s Bank List. The discharge of industrial pollutants as well as untreated sewage causes disease-causing microorganisms to flourish. These microorganisms cause take a toll on the health and well-being of the citizens. Fortunately, growth while controlling pollution is possible. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has clear guidelines for new and existing industry. All companies are required to provide a Storm Water Protection Plan and comply with all local and federal guidelines (www.epa.gov/npdes). While the growth may come at a slower rate, the time spent in water cleaning infrastructure will yield returns in lower health care, cleanup costs, and provide more interest to investment capitalists. Attracting investment capitalists would likely hasten the industrial expansion process.