Air Quote by James Fallows

The Chinese have figured out that they have a giant environmental problem. Folks in Beijing, some days, literally can't breathe. Over a million Chinese…

— Joe Biden

If you've been to China, you know there are over 100 cities in China, and the pollution levels are just horrific - 60,000 people…

— Peter Navarro

So many wells have been dug in Changzhou that its groundwater has been over-exploited, and the local ground level has sunk by two feet.…

— Charles C. Mann

For the record, I am sticking with my claim that the simultaneous degradation of air quality, water quality, water supply, food safety, soil quality,…

— James Fallows

“To avoid having to use the toilet more than you normally do, be sure to take with you a fair amount of Imodium A–D.…

— Larry Herzberg

Conditions in Chinese factories are harsh. They're much harsher than they are in, for instance, the United States or any Western nation.

— Charles Duhigg

They smell of all the baths they didnt take. The trouble with China is, there are too many chinks here.

— L. Ron Hubbard

“Tap water is another example of a legally condoned public health hazard. As early as the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) in China, the…

— Daniel Reid

Air pollution is my biggest concern right now. Maybe because I live in Beijing, and in this city we have such severe challenges due…

— Li Bingbing

As hundreds of millions of Chinese have improved their standard of living, this has put enormous pressure on natural resources, raw materials, and food…

— Daniel Lubetzky

The Chinese countryside has become a slave labour camp and dumping ground for every imaginable pollutant. The rural peasantry is being sucked dry by…

— Vivek Agnihotri

There's no longer any surprise in noting that China has grave environmental problems.

— James Fallows