The excellent Xinhua continues to surprise me. I really think there must be a new editorial policy going on there. Years I've been going to Xinhua and now- boom- a lot more discussion of the environment. I wonder if the coming Olympics have anything to do with it?
"The report revealed that 149,000 square kilometers of the total sea area in 2006 did not meet the national standard for "clean" water, 10,000 square kilometers more than the previous year.
Fifty-five percent of the water in China's 110,000 square kilometers of coastal areas also failed to be classified as "clean".
The eco-systems in most bays, river mouths and coastal wetlands were described as unhealthy due to 81 percent of drains that carry waste into the sea discharging pollutants that exceed the national standards. Of the 609 drains that were monitored, only 5.6 percent were established in areas specifically designated as pollutant discharge areas."
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