China facing environment 'crisis'

Democrats Abroad Japan: "Pan Yue, deputy head of the State Environmental Protection Administration, said the problems now threatened economic performance. He said China's industrial development was unsustainable, because its resources could not cope. Environmental problems like pollution, acid rain and contaminated rivers have only now become a key policy issue. Mr Pan said that China could no longer afford to follow the West's resources-hungry model of development and it should encourage its citizens to avoid adopting the developed world's consumer habits...'"