Sadly Made In China
9. In Ma’anshan, Anhui province (安徽马鞍山), along the Yangtze River there are many small-scaled Iron selection factories and plastic processing plants. Large amounts of sewage discharged into the Yangtze River June 18, 2009
Speechless.
— Lu Guang (卢广) from People’s Republic of China won the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his documentary project “Pollution in China.”
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6. Guiyu, Guangdong province, (广东省贵屿镇) rivers and reservoirs have been contaminated, the villager is washing in a seriously polluted pond. November 25, 2005
40. Zhangyuzhuan village by the Hong River in Xiping county, Henan province, (河南省西平县洪河边的张于庄村) 22-year-old Zhu Xiaoyan (朱小燕) had a tumor in her stomach in 2007. She died after number of hospital treatments on July 2008. 4-year-old girl with her grandfather came to her mother’s tomb. April 2 2009
(If this last photo doesn’t make you choke up, you are soulless.)
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More at China Hush. Hat tip to FriskoDude.
This is the economic miracle they are talking about. Chinese capitalism; an environmental disaster. “Disaster” is actually not a big enough word for the un-policed degradation goes on in that corrupt crony-run country…
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Expat@Large 
How long would it take a few blokes to drag a net through that pond? I mean really.
The pictures are like a dystopic version of 'Waterlilies'. There is no question that catching up on Western progress comes with a high price tag.