Jason Cannon
3/15/14
China
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014npcandcppcc/2014-03/14/content_17346330.htm
I used a wikipedia article to find out more about the National People's Congress of China which is an important element of the main article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress
Synopsis:
The National People's Committee (NPC) of China just ended their annual session. Environmental issues were a major focus of the legislators, and Li Keqiang, a member of the NPC, said that China was going to fight pollution. He said that polluters would receive worse punishments. Currently China has a large monitoring system using something called PM 2.5 readings, which, according to Li, prompt the government and people to act against pollution. Also, Li said the government will focus on "issues involving people's livelihoods."
Detailed Analysis:
In reading the wikipedia article on the National People's Committee, I found that the NPC was the main legislative body of China. It meets every year and has certain responsibilities like choosing the President of the People's Republic of China. I also read that it does not have much power and is mainly just a puppet of the Communist Party in China. Given that the Communist Party is in control, it must be okay with the fight against pollution that these legislators are greatly focusing on. If any major changes are going to be made, they will first have to be approved or instigated by the Communist Party. It is interesting that China has several different political institutions and bodies, but only one has the real power.
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ReplyDeleteWhether you think that global warming will end the world, or you think it will do nothing, it is always good to cut back on pollution where you can. Even if it doesn't end the world, it is still nice to have clean air to breathe and water to drink. I say good for them for trying to cut back.
It is interesting to see that the puppet is trying to make improvements in pollution standards, and that the communist party is seeing that pollution is bad. Solving those issues could be very problematic. What might just happen is that those companies won't comply with the new sanctions.
ReplyDeleteI am interested too to know if actually this is more of a front. What if they are proclaiming a war on pollution, but they are really just doing it to gain support from other countries. Obviously that is a very cynical point of view, and I hope that they actually do make some changes.
ReplyDeleteI wish them luck in their fight against pollution. We could all cut back more, and I think it's good that they can to cut back in all of China. This could start a big green trend all over the world. We all need to clean up our environment and it's nice of them to care so much about it.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds remarkably like the anti-inversion ads that are popping around here. Did you guys know that on our worst days this area has worse pollution than Beijing? Anyway, fighting pollution, whether here or there, isn't as easy to implement as it seems. Here, it means sacrificing car usage and imposing stiffer pollution regulations on refineries. There, it could be similar things.
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