Foreign demand for goods adds to air blight
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="export">export</span> <span word="contributes">contributes</span> <span word="significantly">significantly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="problem">problem</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="showed">showed</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="research">research</span>, <span word="conducted">conducted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="scholars">scholars</span>, <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sample">sample</span> <span word="year">year</span>, 2006, <span word="about">about</span> 36 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sulfur">sulfur</span> <span word="dioxide">dioxide</span>, 27 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nitrogen">nitrogen</span> <span word="oxides">oxides</span> <span word="and">and</span> 22 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="carbon">carbon</span> <span word="monoxide">monoxide</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="emitted">emitted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="activities">activities</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="processes">processes</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="exports">exports</span>.</p><p><span word="And">And</span> 21 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="emissions">emissions</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="tied">tied</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="exports">exports</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="year">year</span>, 23 <span word="to">to</span> 34 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sulfate">sulfate</span> <span word="particulate">particulate</span> <span word="concentrations">concentrations</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="tied">tied</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="export">export</span>-<span word="related">related</span> <span word="emissions">emissions</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Consumption">Consumption</span>, <span word="production">production</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="related">related</span>. <span word="Production">Production</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="supply">supply</span> <span word="consumption">consumption</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="leads">leads</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="consumption">consumption</span> <span word="perspective">perspective</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="alternative">alternative</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="production">production</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="view">view</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Lin">Lin</span> <span word="Jintai">Jintai</span>, <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Peking">Peking</span> <span word="University">University</span>.</p><p><span word="Looking">Looking</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="emissions">emissions</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="perspective">perspective</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="consumed">consumed</span> <span word="helps">helps</span> <span word="elaborate">elaborate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="roles">roles</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="pollutant">pollutant</span> <span word="emissions">emissions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="transport">transport</span>, <span word="Lin">Lin</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="shed">shed</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="strengthen">strengthen</span> <span word="cooperation">cooperation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fighting">fighting</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span>," <span word="Lin">Lin</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Air">Air</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="concern">concern</span> <span word="globally">globally</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pollutants">pollutants</span> <span word="originating">originating</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="winds">winds</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>.</p>
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