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__** Air Pollution **__ = Primary Sources:  = [|Achievements and Challenges on Air Quality Management in China] Professor Hao a former Chair of the CIA-Asia Center from 2007-2010 gets interviews and shares his views about the air pollution and the future plans to minimize the pollution in China. He talks about some of the causes of air pollution, such as power plants, the mobile sources, and coal burning. The government and many organizations have been creating ways to minimize pollution. For example, the FYP's has been setting targets and goals to lower the SO2. [|The Chinese Miracle Will End Soon] This is an interview with Pan, China's Deputy Minister of the Environment. In this interview Pan explains how China's economy is rising and much of their products are being produced out of nothing. This means a lot of factories are being built and a lot of pollution is then being made. China has a large population and a lot of diseases, such as lung cancer, are being diagnosed because of the air pollution. Pan says that the government has been trying to stop this pollution but it is highly difficult to do so. = ** Artifacts: ** = [|Poor ambient air quality prevails] In this article it states some of the causes of air pollution in China. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been working in China for a while trying to limit the pollution. The organization had set a limit to how far the pollution could go but, in the past couple years the pollution has risen above the limit. This article states how coal burning is one of the big causes of air pollution. Many in the north heat their homes and that requires burning coal.Those in the south mined the coal which contains a lot of sulfur. Acid rain then is very common in the southern part of China. [|Hong Kong's air pollution reaches record levels] This was an article from BBC News talking about how air pollution in China has reached what was once the highest record. Residence have been advised to stay inside their homes. Schools have not been letting the children play outside because they are worried about their health. To make things even worse, sandstorms have been passing my Hong Kong, caring a lot of elements in their winds. I chose this as one of my artifacts because it shows how bad China is compared to the rest of the world. Air is polluted all over the world but, China has the most deaths from the air pollution. China is rising in its economy and much of what is being used in the world comes from China's factories. Yearly 200-230 people die each year in China due to the air pollution. Other countries do not have such a high death rate caused my air pollution. This shows that air pollution in China is dangerous and it effects peoples lives.