PSCI252 Lecture Notes - Party System, Special Economic Zone, Sustainable Energy
30 Apr 2014
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China: social and political challenges: environmental problems, population growth, inequality and migration, political protests: student mocement and tibetan nationalism. China"s level of indu. polu. increased considerably in china after their reforms. This always happens during periods of rapid industrialization. China"s carbon dioxide emissions, contributing to the global climate change (e. g tibetan glaciers, melting) China"s main form of energy is coal. it has very little in terms of oil and that is why it is so interested in offering support to african countries with large oil deposits. Coal is a very dirty source of energy much more so than oil. One of the problems associated with global warming is the melting of glaciers. China is one of the wrost contributors to this melting as well as one of the most affected by this melting. China"s largest river is filled by tibetan glaciers. In 2009 china;s gov"t adopted national targets for a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. these are voluntary targets.
