35 Unbelievable Photos Of The Extreme Pollution In China
China is a beautiful country, and much of it is filled with natural landscapes that are nothing
short of idyllic. These pictures, however, paint a very different story:
#1. Fishermen row a boat in the algae-filled Chaohu Lake in Hefei, Anhui
province
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Largely due to China being the fourth most visited country in 2014, as well as its fastpaced economic transformation, the Asian juggernaut’s environment
sadly becomes the sacrificial lamb for progress.
#2. Workers clean up floating garbage on the Yangtze River
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Much like the smog that perpetually hangs over the skyline, China’s reputation for being one of the
worst polluted countries looms above it: waterways slick with waste, increasing tendencies of birth
defects, and dying wildlife due to pollution-related factors.
#3. Girl walks through smog in Beijing, where small-particle pollution is 40
times over international safety standard
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#4. Child drinks water from stream swimming with waste in Fuyuan County,
Yunnan province
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In 2010, China ranked as the world’s leading investor in low-carbon energy technology,
investing $54.4 billion on that year alone, up from $39.1 billion in 2009.
#5. Boy swims in water choked with algal bloom, Qingdao, Shandong
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It can be said that the Chinese government is very much aware of the ecological impact of
their activities, and are developing long-term plans to solve them.
#6. Journalist takes a sample of red polluted water from the Jianhe River
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Hopefully, these changes start happening soon, before the harm becomes irreversible.
#7. Worker clears dead fish floating in a lake in Wuhan, Central China’s
Hubei Province
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#8. Labourer tries to clean up oil from water, Dalian, Liaoning
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#9. Workers try to drain sewage water from leaking sewage tank, Shanghang,
Fujian
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#10. Buildings in Beijing surrounded by smog
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#11. Child swims with the garbage in a polluted reservoir, Pingba
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#12. Boy tries to avoid scattered rubbish floating on a flooded street in
Shantou, Guangdong Province
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#13. Pollution from a factory in Yutian, 100km east of Beijing
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#14. Fake Hong Kong skyline for tourists
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#15. Dead fish in water filled with thick, muddy algae, in East Lake, Wuhan
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#16. Woman collects plastic bottles near river polluted by reddish dye
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#17. Pipe discharges waste water into Yangtze River
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#18. Great Wall Of China, with not-so-great hidden secrets
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#19. Heavily polluted river in Jiaxing, Zhejiang
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#20. Child playing in the trash at a village, Jiaxing
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#21. Fisherman cups a handful of water from the algae-filled Chaohu Lake in
Hefei
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#22. Factory emissions against a backdrop of lush greenery
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#23. Fisherman wading through lake covered in algae, Chaohu Lake
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#24. A bridge over troubled water, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province
#25. Girl and her father collect water from puddle at dried-up reservoir,
Baofeng County
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#26. Fishermen picking fish in a polluted canal, Beijing
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#27. Workers collect bags of dead fish at a park in Shenzhen, Guangdong
province
#28. Residents stare at a heavily polluted river in Zhugao, Sichuan province
#29. A street dog’s home is a garbage pile in Northern China
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#30. Over 3,000 dead pigs float in Huangpu River
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#31. Thick smog greets morning commuters in Beijing
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#32. Workers clean up leaked oil after an oil pipeline explosion, Qingdao,
Shandong
#33. Fishermen clean up 400 million gallons of oil after oil spill
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#34. Polluted lake in China
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#35. Flies gather on railings because of polluted water, East Lake, Wuhan
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