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That is because people who live in China are more concentrated on getting a better economic position. This means they build lots of factories of all sorts. They dump waste in the water so that means China's waterway pollution is very severe. China economic position is growing at 10% a year. Now though, they're trying to be a little more eco-friendly.

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Actually there are more people in china than anywhere else in the world. The population of entire china is 1.5 billion! Since there are so many people in china, there must be high traffic pollution and high carbon dioxide levels over there. There are also a lot of people who smoke in public, and littering and spitting everywhere. There are some people who dump garbage and dirty water into farmwaters, causing water pollution.

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The majority of the air pollution in China is generated by the burning of coal (and a bit of fuel oil) to generate electric power. They do not have that much hydro power to help with demand, and they rely on the burning of coal. It's available locally in good quantity, and only a few hundred Chinese miners die every year to keep it coming out of the ground. China burns more coal to produce electricity than the U.S., Europe and Japan combined. Air pollution and acid rain (from coal's sulfur - which is oxidized to sulfur dioxide during combustion) are killing people - literally. Cancer is the leading cause of death in China, and pollution of the air and water is the leading cause of cancer there. Lots and lots of cars burning poor quality fuel add to urban air pollution. Levels of particulate matter in the air of urban areas are three times what is "unacceptable" in the European Union. A: Because their regulatory standards are not particularly rigid, nor are they enforced. This does not mean that in some cases those countries with rigid regulatory standards are doing much better in the pollution department. A: China has pollution in the cities caused by the number of cars on the road. They are planting more trees to stop the air pollution. you suck

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Generally two reasons. The first has to do with insufficient population control. With more than a quarter of the number of humans on the planet, there is a tremendous amount of strain on resources. The second reason has to do with the use of China's Natural Resources. With a new coal-fired power plant coming online every two weeks, there is little doubt as to where much of the pollution comes from.

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The main causes of air pollution in Hong Kong are vehicles on the roads, smoking and industrial buildings, from both Hong Kong and the mainland.

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Car emmissions, factories, and construction projects

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