China's coming down hard on polluters

China Gets Tough on Polluters

After years of talk but little action in much of the country, Chinese officials are cracking down on pollution in a big way, writes Rob Schmitz for NPR. That means a rare dose of blue skies for many citizens.

“In the past year, China's Ministry of Environment has sent inspectors to 10 provinces, where they've reprimanded, fined, or charged officials in more than 80,000 factories with criminal offenses. Entire swaths of Eastern China have halted production, prompting some companies to move entire supply chains to countries like India and Bangladesh to meet their orders,” Schmitz writes.

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