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Aug 17, 2015 8:31 AM CST China is a threat to the Human race
Between polluting the atmosphere with their dirty coal burning power plants, their rampant population explosion, their illegal mining operations, their support for that little fat scumbag with the ridiculous hair cut from North Korea, their seemingly total disregard for the health and welfare of their own people by storing 700 tons of Sodium Cyanide in a warehouse smack dab in the middle of a residential neighborhood, (they tried to put a fire out at the warehouse by stupidly spraying water on it causing the biggest non nuclear explosion in history which was visible from space) China is putting the rest of the people who also share this planet in serious jeopardy.

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Aug 17, 2015 8:54 AM CST China is a threat to the Human race
yuehan
yuehanyuehanMol, Antwerpen Belgium1 Threads 1 Polls 6 Posts
That's a ridiculous statement. Take a look at your own stuff, get rid of everything that's made in China, most probably you'll be naked in an empty house. First you make China the factory of the world and then you blame them for all that goes wrong on the planet. Take a look at your own system, if everyone on the globe will start driving big cars with five liter engines like in the U.S., now that will have some impact wouldn't you think.
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Aug 17, 2015 8:57 AM CST China is a threat to the Human race
raphael119
raphael119raphael119washington d.c., District of Columbia USA19 Threads 3 Polls 5,181 Posts
When Krushchev visited Mao he was considering helping them with nuclear weapons. He asked Mao if he was worried about nuclear war. Mao replied China had too many people anyway. Krushchev said he realized then Mao was very dangerous nut.
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Aug 17, 2015 9:35 AM CST China is a threat to the Human race
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
Jennifer Duggan in Baoding



Pollution has become a controversial topic in China in recent months. In March, a hard-hitting documentary, Under the Dome, outlining the gravity of the country’s air pollution problem – which is estimated to cause the premature deaths of hundreds of thousands of people each year – went viral online. The hour-long film, directed by journalist Chai Jing, has been compared to Al Gore’s 2006 film on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, and was viewed online more than 200 million times before being censored and removed.

Duan Chao, a doctor at a traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Baoding, confirms that he sees more patients during bouts of smog. “More people come when the air is not good,” he says. “There are more patients with breathing difficulties, people with coughs.” A traditional medicine called ban lan gen is used to treat respiratory illnesses when the smog is bad.

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Solar panels on street lights in Baoding. Photograph: Jennifer Duggan
Duan says that awareness is rising in Baoding about air pollution. He takes a mask out of his pocket that he carries with him at all times. While a number of people are spotted wearing face masks, they are generally flimsy and loose fitting, or are surgical masks, which offer little or no protection against most pollutants. In main cities like Beijing and Shanghai, specialist face masks are widely on sale and many homes have air purifiers – but in Baoding, none of the people I interviewed had one at home.

The great irony here is that, in 2010, Baoding was named as a pilot of China’s new project to introduce low-carbon zones: an ambitious plan to use renewable energies to illuminate streets and heat residential buildings. As a result, the city has become a hub for renewable energy companies, including Yingli Solar, one of the world’s largest photovoltaic manufacturers.

Yingli is based in a massive industrial park less than 20 minutes drive from downtown Baoding. The complex seems to go on for miles, with solar panels lining the streets. A new building is under construction with walls made from solar panels; its slogan repeats Yingli’s mission to provide pollution-improving, affordable solar energy for all.

At Yingli, Ma Hongha, dressed in blue overalls, heads to start her shift with two of her colleagues. “Many people in Baoding work in this industry,” Ma says, adding that it is important for the city’s economy. She is reluctant to discuss the pollution, but acknowledges it has got worse since she was a child. But, she adds, “Baoding is improving. More solar panels will mean the world will be cleaner.”

The industrial area is also home to a number of manufacturers of blades for wind turbines, including Zhong Hang Huiteng Wind Power, one of the largest blade makers in the world. On the edge of the industrial park, turbine blades almost the length of a football pitch are loaded on to flatbed trucks for transportation. In total, around 170 companies related to renewable energy are located in Baoding.

Yet still the mystery of the city’s pollution was unclear to me. The city doesn’t have a high concentration of industrial plants around it; there are a lot of cars on the roads and car dealerships are plentiful, but that couldn’t account for the high levels of pollution. Local residents didn’t seem to know, either, or were reluctant to discuss it, though some blamed the weather and pollution from neighbouring cities.
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Aug 17, 2015 9:39 AM CST China is a threat to the Human race
KarloradoFL
KarloradoFLKarloradoFLDeLeon Springs, Florida USA50 Threads 3 Polls 9,475 Posts
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Aug 17, 2015 10:17 AM CST China is a threat to the Human race
raphael119: When Krushchev visited Mao he was considering helping them with nuclear weapons. He asked Mao if he was worried about nuclear war. Mao replied China had too many people anyway. Krushchev said he realized then Mao was very dangerous nut.

I guess Mao was just being practical.
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Aug 17, 2015 11:36 AM CST China is a threat to the Human race
Ccincy
CcincyCcincyCincinnati, Ohio USA77 Threads 20,535 Posts
How is the USA any different? We invade other countries for their oil,we have unemployment,homelessness,the list goes on.

I think it is high time that the USA clean the Skeletons from it's own closet before it attempts to point it's fingers at anyone else.
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Aug 17, 2015 12:13 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
mollybaby
mollybabymollybabyCork City, Cork Ireland56 Threads 8 Polls 23,608 Posts
ooby_dooby: Between polluting the atmosphere with their dirty coal burning power plants, their rampant population explosion, their illegal mining operations, their support for that little fat scumbag with the ridiculous hair cut from North Korea, their seemingly total disregard for the health and welfare of their own people by storing 700 tons of Sodium Cyanide in a warehouse smack dab in the middle of a residential neighborhood, (they tried to put a fire out at the warehouse by stupidly spraying water on it causing the biggest non nuclear explosion in history which was visible from space) China is putting the rest of the people who also share this planet in serious jeopardy.




They are only learning from, and trying to catch up with, the so-called civilised western world which has been destroying the world for centuries.

We should put our own houses in order before casting aspersions on others.
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Aug 17, 2015 12:16 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
mollybaby: They are only learning from, and trying to catch up with, the so-called civilised western world which has been destroying the world for centuries.

We should put our own houses in order before casting aspersions on others.


How beautifully naivehug grin
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Aug 17, 2015 12:19 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
DertyHarry44
DertyHarry44DertyHarry44Lakeland, Florida USA91 Threads 1,102 Posts
China is really a threat to human kind/with all the lead they add to all their products then importing all those products to the rest of the world/yes China is threat to human race.gift
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Aug 17, 2015 12:20 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
mollybaby
mollybabymollybabyCork City, Cork Ireland56 Threads 8 Polls 23,608 Posts
tomcatwarne: How beautifully naive



Naive would be believing that we haven't plundered, poisoned and destroyed our planet in the name of progress hug grin
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Aug 17, 2015 12:24 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
DertyHarry44
DertyHarry44DertyHarry44Lakeland, Florida USA91 Threads 1,102 Posts
don't buy anything that says Made In China/LEAD/POISON/DEATH
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Aug 17, 2015 12:26 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
stringman
stringmanstringmanwallaceburg, Ontario Canada649 Threads 1 Polls 7,049 Posts
America is so far in debt they can't do anything. China owns America. but the people can do something, don't buy China products but then we may not be able to have anything. every thing is made in China, almost every thing.
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Aug 17, 2015 12:31 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
DertyHarry44
DertyHarry44DertyHarry44Lakeland, Florida USA91 Threads 1,102 Posts
stringman: America is so far in debt they can't do anything. China owns America. but the people can do something, don't buy China products but then we may not be able to have anything. every thing is made in China, almost every thing.


big, big problem indeed/big corporations sending jobs to China

cheaper hands/high heath
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Aug 17, 2015 12:34 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
stringman
stringmanstringmanwallaceburg, Ontario Canada649 Threads 1 Polls 7,049 Posts
all the auto makers are going to mexico too.
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Aug 17, 2015 12:39 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
mollybaby: Naive would be believing that we haven't plundered, poisoned and destroyed our planet in the name of progress


No, it's believing the Chinese aren't doing the samegrin
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Aug 17, 2015 12:41 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
DertyHarry44
DertyHarry44DertyHarry44Lakeland, Florida USA91 Threads 1,102 Posts
at least I can buy revolvers 100% made in u.s.a./or so they saycowboy
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Aug 17, 2015 12:43 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
mollybaby
mollybabymollybabyCork City, Cork Ireland56 Threads 8 Polls 23,608 Posts
tomcatwarne: No, it's believing the Chinese aren't doing the same


They are doing the same...As I said in my post, they are learning from the experts...us.
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Aug 17, 2015 12:47 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
stringman
stringmanstringmanwallaceburg, Ontario Canada649 Threads 1 Polls 7,049 Posts
mollybaby: They are doing the same...As I said in my post, they are learning from the experts...us.


don't they have to wear masks because of the air quality?
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Aug 17, 2015 12:53 PM CST China is a threat to the Human race
mollybaby
mollybabymollybabyCork City, Cork Ireland56 Threads 8 Polls 23,608 Posts
stringman: don't they have to wear masks because of the air quality?


Yes, some cities like Beijing are very polluted, just like Los Angeles in the 50s and 60s.

Hopefully China will learn from others mistakes and reduce it sooner.
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