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[|Hu Jintao's Speech on Climate Change] In September 2009, this speech was given by the President of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao. This speech on climate change reflects the ideas Jintao has on improving and adapting to the climate changes like conserving energy and developing a 'greener' economy. I picked this document because it is important to see the progression of an environmental concern like climate change and the steps taken to resolve or adapt more to the issue.

In southern chinese cities like Guangxi, climate change has greatly increased flooding in the past few years. This video reflects the impacts and effects the climate change and flooding has on the townspeople. The flooding is destroying people's homes and are leaving them to rebuild with nothing but remains of what used to be their house. I picked this video because I think it is important to see the aftermath of the disasters and how it is directly effecting these people of Southern China.

Artifacts: [|Drought plagues China's major wheat regions] In many Chinese provinces, a two month drought has stunted wheat growth and production because of the high temperature and shortage of water. This article reflects the impacts on people working in farming agriculture. In provinces like Henan, the drought has caused a huge problem because the province primarily grows grain crops. I picked this article because it shows the impacts on the laborers in China and how the environmental conditions and climate directly effect their line of work. [|Climate Change 'affecting' China] China is responsible for many greenhouse gases, in which can be linked back to global warming. China has been struggling with its' climate change and adapting to these effects of global warming. In this 2007 article, the Chinese administration are advocating better energy efficiencies. This article reflects on the causes of the climate change and how the Chinese government is going to work together to try to limit the expansion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

In August 2010, flood waters hit Shanghai, China hard. (Seen in the picture above). This picture shows the destruction of the flooding. This pictures reflects on the idea that climate changes in China are still a huge issue. It shows that even though, Hu Jintao had plans to help improve encouraging the climate change, it cannot be stopped because it is an issue created by the environment itself. I chose this picture because it is important to see how some environmental issues can be stopped if they are caused by human interaction, but climate change like this effects the world as a whole.