has cost China more than 10 per cent of its GDP in loss of industrial output and productivity, this is not an appealing trade-off for a nation that must generate at least 17 million new jobs every year for young people entering the work force (China Program: The state of China's environment). Li Shi Hu Jintao, China's President, says "we have a serious employment situation; we need to balance feeding people adequately while doing a good job of environmental protection" (China Program: The state of China's environment).
             China currently holds economic power over almost every other nation on Earth. The nation leaves massive footprints on the global community, for both better and worse. Rapid Chinese growth will always create an insatiable need for: food, technology, military power, household wealth, city space and agriculture. Chinese expansion is causing irreversible harm to not only their own nation, but also impacting the global environment. Sustainable growth, revision of laws and enforcement are crucial to controlling future e
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