China, on cusp of superpower, faces environmental strain

I chose this article because I want to know that how should they can fixed this problem and protect. BEIJING — This year, China will jump over Japan to become the second-biggest economy on Earth, behind only the USA, predicts Ting Lu, a China economist with Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. Next month, China started broadcasts on CNN and other networks of an image-boosting commercial featuring stars such as basketballer Yao Ming and China's first astronaut, Yang Liwei.

Back at ground level, though, in what remains a developing country, China's people and government were struggling to deal with a series of natural disasters that some environmentalists believe are the deadly, man-made consequences of favoring economic growth over environmental protection.

The latest tragedy occurred early Sunday when heavy rain triggered landslides that blocked a river in Zhouqu County, an ethnically Tibetan area in northwestern Gansu province, forcing floodwater to sweep through the county seat. By 2 p.m. Monday, 337 people had died and 1,148 were missing, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

In my opinion, oil spills, hurricanes, floods, mudslides, and the global heat wave which have been the cause of many fires, smoke, and deaths had many searching for answers.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/environment/2010-08-10-China10_ST_N.htm