Something China is Doing Right
Posted on July 19, 2007
by Maureen Keene
The New York Times travel section recently ran an article about Wulingyuan National Park in China, designated by UNESCO as a GeoPark, and although this doesn’t appear to be immediately germane to the topic of this blog, I think it proves a very important point: The Chinese government does have the capability to manage an incredible natural resource with care and responsibility. They can choose to be good stewards if they want to.
Although regulating the many renegade manufacturing companies in China is a much more complicated undertaking, surely the Chinese government can bring about reform if sufficiently motivated to do so. This will require pressure from their biggest customers — the U.S. American manufacturers need to place greater scrutiny on their operations and suppliers in China and the U.S. government must strengthen the agencies designed to protect us from harmful products. If China’s economy starts losing some of its boom, significant reforms will quickly follow.
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