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China activist defies officials in fight to save lake
Sun, 02/10/2011 - 18:42
"There's no place in China that isn't polluted. There's no place in China that's clean," complains Wu, 43, who calls himself the "Guardian of Lake Tai".
Taihu Lake lies on the border of the eastern provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu in one of China's richest regions, once known as the "land of fish and rice," and is still a source of drinking water for the heavily populated area.
But after three decades of explosive economic growth and lax enforcement of environmental protection laws, the lake - like most waterways in China - is heavily contaminated with toxic waste from surrounding factories and farms.
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Wu was finally freed last year and was immediately ordered by police to stay quiet or "we will make you disappear".
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Sun, 02/10/2011 - 18:42
"There's no place in China that isn't polluted. There's no place in China that's clean," complains Wu, 43, who calls himself the "Guardian of Lake Tai".
Taihu Lake lies on the border of the eastern provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu in one of China's richest regions, once known as the "land of fish and rice," and is still a source of drinking water for the heavily populated area.
But after three decades of explosive economic growth and lax enforcement of environmental protection laws, the lake - like most waterways in China - is heavily contaminated with toxic waste from surrounding factories and farms.
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Wu was finally freed last year and was immediately ordered by police to stay quiet or "we will make you disappear".
more...
