China's Environment

China is famous for being the country with the highest population in the world. There are over 1.3 billion people living in the country and this number is growing by 10 million every year. 

Many cities in China are heavily polluted. The most serious pollution comes from coal-powered factories. Nearly 70% of the energy production in China requires coal. 

The living condition of people in the big cities is heavily affected by pollution.  Because of these unhealthy conditions, many people get sick. Chinese people who live in these cities wear breathing masks and buy air purifiers to combat this menace. 

The Chinese government is aware of the problem but is finding it difficult to make the situation better. If the government decides to reduce the number of cars and coal-powered factories, the economy will be affected. The Government feels that it is more important for the economy to grow than solving the problem of pollution. Local governments are implementing new rules to make their cities more environmentally friendly, but a lot more has to be done so as to get rid of all the pollution.

Watch the following two videos:  

Comment and tell us two things you learned that you didn't know before. 

China's Toxic Smog (2.05)

Unique ways to deal with China's air pollution (3 min) 

Homework: 

Below you will find your name. Each name is hyperlinked to a current news article about China. Please print out your article. Write a summary, in your own words, of the information presented in your article.  You will be teaching the class what YOU learned. After you write a summary, email your teacher three questions that students should be able to answer after hearing you tell them about your article. 

Cassie 

Hunter

Evan

Emma

Lauren

Elijah

Jon

Martin

Tim 

Shea