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China has been in a rush to industrialize and increase its economy, and in turn, has incurred hazardous levels of air and water pollution, along with other environmental problems. It’s been discovered that in China, kids born and raised under the toxic clouds produced by coal-burning plants have smaller heads and poorer scores on development tests compared to children that have been exposed to cleaner air. Essentially, China is on a much more polluted economic development path that the other industrial superpowers have followed. Historically, western nations were able to clean their cities by outsourcing their dirty industries to other countries. Many Chinese cities are outsourcing too; the cities are becoming cleaner because factories are being moved to rural areas, where they affect less people. However, this does not eliminate the fact that industrialization is producing pollution at an alarming rate. China needs to acquire the technology to produce energy and goods in a more environmentally friendly manner. Countries that outsource much of their industry, and whose demands are greatly fed by China, should help them obtain those technologies. 

Rennie, John. 2008. Helping China, Scientific American. 299, (2).