China+BC

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**__Primary Document #1 __** [|Case Study of China and Coal] This document was a great insight to the natural resource of coal and it's usage in China. The document states that not only does coal make up seventy percent of China's total energy consumption, but also explains the downfall from this natural resource. China is not only damaging it's people and their health, but is also damaging the environment of the country and countries surrounding it. I thought that this primary source had helpful and accurate information which helped further educate me about China's environment and the downfall effect coal has on it.

**__Primary Document #2 __** [|An Interview with][|Jack Ma, a business leader who has a motivating action to improve China's environment.] This interveiw was a good primary source because Jack Ma, the interveiwee, had a different perspective on how China's environment is and will be. He surprisingly thinks that in the next ten to twenty years China's environment will get better. He is a very influencial buiseness leader and believes that business people are starting to realize the seriousness of the environment's issues and are starting to take it very seriously. He also states that now we have the technology and ability to fix the problems that are currently happening and have happened. This interveiw made me look at things through an optimistic veiw point, it let me see a positive way to look at China's environment and how it can be fixed, with the right amount of efforts.

**__Artifact #1 __** [|Picture of China's different environmental issuesPicture of China's different environmental issues] This artifact is not just a map of China, but shows the different environmental issues that is effecting China. These issues include air pollution, land becoming desserts, water scarsity, and acid rain. All of these problems are negatively effecting the environment and the places where people live. The picture states that 600 million people live in places with scarsity of water, with this many people not in use of actual water, it's a health malfunction that can effect the population of the country. This is just one example of the information presented in the picture above. It is an easy and useful tool to see a quick glimse of the issues in China's envirnment.

 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">[|ABC Article about China's environment and the impact it has on it's people.] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This article talks about another major problem that is effecting many aspects of China's enviroment, pollution. Pollution has coasted thousands of people their lives and is now not just effecting the air, but China's water too. The world has become known that China is now in a state of environmental crisis. Although the air pollution is a big part in the pollution as a whole, it is said that the water which is being polluted is the intial issue. fifty percent of the water in China should not be drinken and a third of their water should not be used for anything, including cooking. The article talks about the water pollution and states that it is just as dangerous as air pollution if not more so. This is another side of pollution that takes a poll on China's environment.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I used this picture as my third artifact because it shows a great veiw of China and the smoke and smog that is being produced in this country. It's an eye opening picture because you can litteraly see the smog being made and coming out of the smoke stacks from the factories. This smoke and smog is directly polluting the air and leading to a major negative effect in China's environment. It's not only killing the environment but China's people as well. This picture should make people realize the reality of the air pollution and take action to stop the harmful pollutants the smoke stacks are currently giving off.