Scandal Highlights China's Weak Environmental Enforcement
Peter Parks—AFP/Getty Images Twins rest in a queue for water in the northern Chinese city of Harbin, where a November 2005 benzene spill severely polluted one of China’s biggest rivers, cutting off water supplies to millions. Scandal Highlights China’s Weak Environmental Enforcement Hundreds of Children Poisoned in Changzhou, Government Promises Crackdown & New Law May 3, 2016 By Zhang Chun, an editor in chinadialogue’s Beijing office. This article was first published on chinadialogue. For many Chinese, the country’s soil pollution crisis has become increasingly acute in recent week...