Froggy писал(а): China is still home to 18 percent of the world’s poor.
Ну если учесть, что в Китае проживает 1,321,851,888 / 6,602,224,175 (July 2007 est.) = 20% населения планеты, то они в общем не так уж плохо смотрятся. В середине списка. А лет 30 назад там практически все были бедные.
Froggy писал(а):China has 20 of the world’s 30 most polluted cities
Что правда, то правда. Но вот запустят Three Gorges Dam, и станет немного повеселее.
http://www.vexen.co.uk/USA/pollution.html
The world's largest polluter, America has recently not backed pollution treaties to reduce car emissions or petrol consumption. The US alone accounted for 36.1% of worldwide greenhouse emissions in 1990.
The US contains 4% of the world's population but produces about 25% of all carbon dioxide emissions. By comparison, Britain emits 3% - about the same as India which has 15 times as many people.
China and the EU, both lesser polluters than the US, have one thing in common: They are both committed to further reducing their rate of emissions. Despite economic growth China has cut emissions by 17% since the mid 1990s. The odd one out is the USA. Immensely richer than China, but with less population than Europe, it emits more harmful chemicals than both of them.