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Air quality of major Chinese cities

Xinhua, 9, February, 2010 Report on the quality of air in 47 major Chinese cities (12:00 Feb.8 to 12:00 Feb.9, Beijing Time), released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center: City Major Pollutant Air Quality Level Beijing particulate matter III1 Tianjin sulfur dioxide II Shijiazhuang particulate matter II Qinhuangdao sulfur dioxide II Taiyuan sulfur dioxide II Hohhot sulfur [...]

China’s pollution will peak when GDP per capita reaches $3,000

People’s Daily Online 9th Feb, 2010 Pollution in China will likely reach its peak when GDP per capita amounts to 3,000 U.S. dollars, said Zhang Lijun, vice minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection at a press conference on Tuesday. The report on the first national census on pollution sources was issued by three ministries [...]