Under The Dome By Jing Chai

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On February 28th, 2015, a Chinese journalist, Jing Chai, aired a self-supporting documentary named “Under the Dome,” which awakened numb nationals’ concern about the gray sky. In early 2013, Jing Chai was pregnant, but her unborn child was diagnosed with cancer; a birth surgery will be carried out. One of the main causations of this tragedy was carcinogenic pollutant PM 2.5 —“tiny particles in the air that reduce visibility and cause the air to appear hazy when levels are elevated (health.ny.gov).” Jing Chai and her unborn child are just one of millions victims that suffered through the air pollutant PM2.5. This documentary became very influential and brought a countrywide attention towards the “haze weather” problem. According to Jing Chai and her unborn child’s symptoms, nationals’ health is under serious threaten living in such air condition.
Human history has indicates that there is a connection between economic development and environmental pollution. Since the industrial civilization, economic
Global climate change is changing people 's survival from the ecological environment. Mr. Wong went on to say that it would be 16 years before levels of dangerous fine particulate matter in the Chinese capital would drop to an internationally recognized safe level. These serious fog and haze occurred this year warning us, air pollution has reached extreme dangerous level. It put pollutant emissions research, and environmental governance to a critical state. Environmental issues should not be underestimated. Starts the environmental protection without delay. Correctly handle the relationship between economic development and environmental protection, take the road of sustainable development, and maintain economic, social and environmental development are China 's strategic approaches to achieve

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