President Baxton Case Study

However, China accounts for 33% of the worlds Greenhouse gas emissions, mainly arising as a result of rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, and the deforestation that occurs in its wake. China is also suffering from desertification, coastal reclamation and severe climate change as are result of their long time blasé attitude towards environmental issues. While the Chinese Government now do acknowledge that environmental oversight has occurred, strict censorship within China deprives outsiders of receiving the full story of the environmental calamity that is occurring within China. Citizens within China are becoming increasingly concerned with governmental policy that regards further unnecessary degradation of the environment. A retired party official revealed that there had been 50,000 environmental protests within China in 2012 alone. China has amended numerous government acts and implemented strict new regulations in an attempt to curb pollution and Greenhouse gas production. However, the problem China faces cannot be swept under the 'bureaucratic rug' so to speak. The problem rests with the lack of an alternative clean energy to the fossil fuels currently used to fuel China's resource hungry industry. China has implemented numerous 'real world' measures to reduce environmental impact. Perhaps the most well known of these projects is 'Green Wall of China', which is a 4,500 km green belt

Since the fall of communism in Russia and the end of the Cold War, China started to rise as a significant power and to this day holds the title as the world’s fastest growing economy. With that advancement, China has become an influential global player in international politics and the economy; moreover, causing many countries, developed and developing, to raise a serious level of concern and interest to the rapid development of China. In particular, Canada is now back to establishing to be on better terms with China, after Harper’s playing hard to get approach, we must work even harder in becoming a part of China’s inner circle of trade partners. Moreover, Mr. Harper at first tried an activist approach, criticizing and accusing China of poor

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Cold War was over, making the U.S. the only superpower left in the world. This has made the international system much more tranquil, and relaxed. The only country potentially powerful besides the U.S., is China. Many Americans fear China, not only because they are communist, but also because of their huge population. Their population is 1.3 billion people, which accounts 1/5th of the world’s population. As one of the only potential superpowers in the world, it would be in the best interest of all Americans if the U.S. and China became allies, instead of enemies. Peace and development, economic prosperity and social progress, are goals that both of

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

One of China’s best successes has in turn been one of its biggest downfalls. One of the main problems is China’s greatest success which has been its phenomenal economic growth. This is one of the main drivers of the current environmental problems that the country faces. Factories dump pollutants into the air and water. It is difficult to see the Chinese government making the significant sacrifices required to improve their environment if it means slowing down their economic growth.

Donald Trump, states he will bring back jobs from China and everywhere else. But how will China respond to this? And how will this affect China money wise? There are a lot of Jobs that went to China. So bringing them back is a good idea? Yes and no. Bringing jobs back is good for us but the big problem is that how will China respond to that. It won't be positive. They may shut down some major production companies that

China has overtaken Germany as the world’s top exporter of goods, which marks another breakthrough in China’s rise to the top and its ever growing economic influence. As China’s export rates rise to the highest in the world, so does its pollution. Judith Shapiro, the director of the Masters in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development for the School of International Service at American University, states that with “20 of the World’s 30 most polluted cities [residing] in China” it is an easy task to see the severity of pollution (Sharpiro). In order to rise to its high economic position China’s government ignores pollution regulations, allowing the release of waste into the air and

In December of 2015, China was faced with a “red alert” for air pollution. In an article from The New York Times titled “Smog So Thick, Beijing Comes to a Standstill,” Edward Wong stated, “For many residents, the red alert...underscored the devil’s handshake that China has made in recent years: the trading of a healthy living environment for breakneck economic growth.” There are many negative consequences of air pollution. Vaclav Smil’s “Environmental Degradation in China,” describes the various problems that China’s environment is facing. Smil explains that “air pollution is a ubiquitous and particularly troublesome problem in virtually all of China’s large cities and industrials areas” (778). China’s polluted air, along with the disappearance of good farmland, forest depletion and water resources, are all areas of concern that Smil brings to attention. These areas should not concern only China’s population, but it should be concerning to everyone around the world. Not only does air pollution have a negative effect on the environment, but it also has negative effects on society, as well. Air pollution can be explained as a social problem since many of these environmental problems are possible ramifications of urbanization. As higher-class individuals make lifestyle choices that directly impact the environment in a negative way, the entire population suffers the consequences. Because of the damaging effects of air pollution, China must develop a way to remain urbanized

In the last century, the Great Smog of 1952 in London killed over 12,000 people in total in that year (Tracton, 2012, para.2). The high-speed development of economy caused the air pollution in someway. The same thing is happening in China now. Some people may say that China is on the same old road that the Great Britain was on. Hu, Zhang & Lin (2014), professors at universities in China, claim that while China’s economy has been developing at a high speed since the Reform and Opening in 1978, China is also facing the dilemma, which is the increasing conflict between economic development, energy and environment (p.38). The results of their investigation show that China’s rapid economic growth has facilitated enormous expansion in energy

Trade between China and Canada has expanded greatly over the past number of decades, placing China as Canada’s second-largest source of imports (Francis, Painchaud & Morin, 2005). Despite the $52.7 billion dollars in revenue China earned from 2013 Canadian imports (Tremblay, 2014), the cost of producing inexpensive goods is costing China greatly (Zhu & Ruth, 2015). Sun, Kahn & Zheng (2017) found that less than 1% of 500 cities in China meet World Health Organization air quality standards, consequently, the health of the people and the viability of the ecosystems are suffering. Since 1985 the export focus in China has moved from agriculture and mining to apparel, computers and electrical equipment (Francis, Painchaud & Morin, 2005). It is

There I was in Shanghai, China, staring at the sun as if I were trying to look at a lamp behind a curtain. The rise of pollution levels in China has intrigued the minds of people who never even cared about the environment before. The People’s Republic of China is now the largest emitter of CO2 in the world. But of course, this a global phenomenon: a global phenomenon that in no way started with China as Alanna Mitchell would agree to. By the end of the 19th century, the powerful duo that was industrialization and imperialism spread industrial growth from Great Britain to Southeast Asia. From the opium wars in the mid 19th century to the economic reforms of 1970s, China has been incorporated into the global economy as the world’s manufacturer. And as we know, modern manufacturing is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. This has put an immense amount of international pressure on the Chinese to improve their environmental footprint. But sustainable development needs to start not just with China, but with all major players in the global economy. Mitchell’s statement, “the idea that the planet’s future might come down to China’s choices is hard for the West to fathom”(102) is not only ironic, but a dangerous idea to accept. An historical context of China’s industrialization and urbanization will show you that Western interests in China led to its massive carbon emission. Further, the root of the problem must be solved the way it started, with help from the West.

It is best put bluntly: climate change has become the most pressing issue of our time. It is a concern so urgent that many say we have already passed a point in which we cannot recover; we can merely hope to minimize the damage. It is an issue that has found its way to the forefront of many governmental platforms, regardless of political affiliation. Most recently, APEC - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation – held its yearly summit in Beijing, the capital of the world’s greatest polluter: China. However, the progress attained by this conference is what has newspapers, such as the Washington Post, calling it the “best APEC summit ever. (cite)” China and the United States – the world’s largest emissions polluters – took a very encouraging step forward as both agreed to a motivated joint plan that plans to drastically cut carbon emissions. Frequently seen as “antagonists (cite)” in the in the realm of greenhouse emissions, this initiative is being viewed as one of the largest in recent memory. The hope is that smaller countries will see the commitment from world leaders such as the United States and China and will in turn become motivated to reduce emissions as well. There seems to be an abundance of benefits in terms of energy but there could also be hidden benefits to this agreement, more specifically, what does this initiative tell of U.S.-China relations, both present and future? Unsurprisingly, there are many ways to answer this question and to do so without the

First is necessary to clarify that the Chinese government (Christiansen & Rai,1988:214) tried to determine the economy by ideology. However, Mao ideas did not work at all and kept China as an underdeveloped country contrast to Xiaoping who clarified the challenges and did enormous reforms to rise china’s economy to one of the world leaders. But these economic reforms also developed unfamiliar problems for China. What the whole world deals with till nowadays. At present China is paying huge cost environmentally and socially for these developments (Tang et al.,2015) the economic developments and employment stability clashing with the environmental pollution and the people needs for higher living standards, and it leads to an ecological

Political Factors: The Chinese government has realised and reached a consensus on the importance of prioritising environmental protection beyond a “basic policy” of country agenda from 2009. The Chinese State Environmental Protection Agency spent $162.5 billion on environmental protection in 2009 and the Chinese government strongly committed

This part of the conference began with the American professor from Tufts University then Mr. Xiaobing. He began with the assertion that China is a sovereignty constitutionalist, rather than absolutist as most would claim. His argument was that China for instance, promoted the Paris agreement with the United States. As we all remember, just last month, the top two emitters of Greenhouse Gas finally agreed to ratify the agreement. He further added that China actively participates in international laws abiding the WTO and Paris Agreement. Just because you follow or promoted a part of something, doesn’t automatically mean that you