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Franker65

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18. Grew too fast?

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Original post)

Fri Jun 8, 2012, 08:52 AM

Jun 2012

Last edited Thu Jun 14, 2012, 04:49 AM - Edit history (1)

I guess to a certain extent, the growth was so fast that the pollution levels took everybody by surprise. Now its out of control and hard to eliminate it. According to statistics, the Chinese are trying to put more money into resolving this problem. Their anti-pollution expenditure has increased alot in the last few years.

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