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A Chinese laborer works at an energy conservation and exhaust emission reduction system in Jinan Iron and Steel Group in Jinan, Shandong province of China. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images)
China's environmental crisis
Broadcast: Midday, 08/30/2007, 12:00 p.m.
China's booming economy has created what Elizabeth Economy calls an environmental crisis. Economy is the author "The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future," and she spoke about China's growing pollution problem this summer at the Chautauqua Institution in New York.
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Elizabeth Economy: Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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