Thursday, May 8, 2014

Yiying's reflection: China's dilemma

China is facing a dilemma between pursuing higher economic growth and escalating pollution due to industrialisation. 

To allow economic growth is to industrialise - to build more factories to manufacture goods in demand. These manufactured goods are exported to the other countries to be sold. More factories allow more goods to be manufactured and sold at a faster rate, which means China can get more profits. 

However, the building of factories is causing an increase in the emission of harmful gases which pollute the air. These gases affect the people's health and also contribute to global warming. 

China has to decide if it is willing to sacrifice the well-being of its people and the world for its economy, or if it decides to forgo its economy for the sake of the health of the people.

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