China opened up since 1978. Since then, China quickly grow and evolve to how it is today. With such an economic boost come a heavy price: escalating pollution. China's air quality is very concerning and worrying. Out of the Top Ten Worst Air Quality Cities list, China took up 7 spots among the list! This shows that the people living in those 7 cities are going through hazy days everyday. This haze would surely affect their health gradually, and it is even worse for those who have respiratory illnesses.
China had to industrialize in order to catch up with the rest of the world, but at the same time, China could not disregard Chinese' health and China could not disregard how this haze will affect the tourism in China. This is a sure dilemma but I feel that China should slow down their pace of industrialization as China is now the world's leading economic. Moving forward is a must, but at the same time, China should slow down and appreciate how much if Beijing is left before truly losing it. If not, with such an advancement in industrialization, China can choose to invest in researching for ways to reduce pollution. This way, China can continue or even increase the pace of industrialization, so long as the problem of escalating pollution can be solved.
With China opening up comes with more industrialization. This will result in Chinese becoming richer. Hence, more and more Chinese will choose to buy cars, and hence, contributing to the already escalating pollution. Perhaps the government can implement certain rules to how many cars a family can buy. This will reduce the pollution as the cars on the road lessen.
I know it is not easy to do the above alternatives mentioned, but we should at least try as somethings lost are never retrieveable.
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