A collapsing Natural Environment?
A collapsing Natural Environment? By Su Xiaokang and Perry Link
Introduction
China’s question for development is amiable yet their actions are counterproductive to their primal goal of social progression. The nation of China is founded on a systematic government that seeks to implement development measures to achieve wealth and prosperity even at the cost of the lives of its citizens. The policies implemented by the government and business entrepreneurs often neglect the basic rights of citizens as factories and transport systems are built in respective of the inhabitants of the land and the repercussion that would arise form such dire human neglect. The article “A collapsing natural environment?” by Su Xiaokang and Perry Link provides comprehensive analysis of the scope of natural degradation that both the ecosystem and people of china are subjected to by insensitive governmental policies.
Factors that contribute to a collapsed natural environment in China
The desire to become a prosperous and powerful nation could be considered the catalyst behind China’s government’s brute ambition. How else could one perceive the construction of South Shanghai Station toward the Rainbow Bridge were citizens live exposing them to possible radiation. Despite the health protest from citizens of that area the government pursued its goal to construct the railway station despite risking the ecosystem of Dianpu river section. In 1990 Zhuanghe a coastal city with an estimated population of 900,000 which supports itself through fishing activities were exposed to tidal flats which had begun to draw back as result of red tides of phosphate and nitrogen encroached, this affected severely the outcome of seafood harvest in the area. Despite massive protest by residents the government has done little to avert the current problem in Zhuanghe. The high rate of environmental pollution has aggrieved Chinese citizens who are constantly protesting against their government’s inconsiderate
Introduction
China’s question for development is amiable yet their actions are counterproductive to their primal goal of social progression. The nation of China is founded on a systematic government that seeks to implement development measures to achieve wealth and prosperity even at the cost of the lives of its citizens. The policies implemented by the government and business entrepreneurs often neglect the basic rights of citizens as factories and transport systems are built in respective of the inhabitants of the land and the repercussion that would arise form such dire human neglect. The article “A collapsing natural environment?” by Su Xiaokang and Perry Link provides comprehensive analysis of the scope of natural degradation that both the ecosystem and people of china are subjected to by insensitive governmental policies.
Factors that contribute to a collapsed natural environment in China
The desire to become a prosperous and powerful nation could be considered the catalyst behind China’s government’s brute ambition. How else could one perceive the construction of South Shanghai Station toward the Rainbow Bridge were citizens live exposing them to possible radiation. Despite the health protest from citizens of that area the government pursued its goal to construct the railway station despite risking the ecosystem of Dianpu river section. In 1990 Zhuanghe a coastal city with an estimated population of 900,000 which supports itself through fishing activities were exposed to tidal flats which had begun to draw back as result of red tides of phosphate and nitrogen encroached, this affected severely the outcome of seafood harvest in the area. Despite massive protest by residents the government has done little to avert the current problem in Zhuanghe. The high rate of environmental pollution has aggrieved Chinese citizens who are constantly protesting against their government’s inconsiderate