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Our top 10 list includes coverage of China’s water and air crisis, new environmental laws and the landmark China-US climate statement. <\/p>\n

1. <\/i>China’s water pollution will be more difficult to fix than its dirty air<\/i><\/a>
\nChina’s new billion dollar plan to tackle water pollution will take longer and be more expensive than efforts to deal with air pollution, argues Ma Jun<\/p>\n

2. <\/i>China's air pollution reporting is misleading<\/i><\/a>
\nReal-time air quality assessments are critical for helping limit public exposure to high levels of air pollution, argues analyst Steven Q. Andrews<\/p>\n

3. <\/i>World's largest hydropower project planned for Tibetan Plateau<\/i><\/a>
\nThe cascade of dams planned for the Yarlung Tsangpo river and its tributaries – including one three times the size of the Three Gorges Dam – threatens an already fragile environment<\/p>\n

4.<\/i> <\/i><\/b>Four reasons why the China-US climate statement matters<\/i><\/a>
\nZou Ji, deputy director of China's National Centre for Climate Change Strategy, welcomes an “historic” agreement from the world’s two biggest emitters<\/p>\n

5. <\/i>Special report: The victims of China's soil pollution crisis<\/i><\/a>
\nRapid industrialisation has left a legacy of soil pollution that is damaging health and livelihoods in villages across China<\/p>\n

6. <\/i>China’s bottled water: the next health crisis?<\/i><\/a>
\nRecent contamination and counterfeit scandals have escalated safety concerns over China's fragmented bottled water industry<\/p>\n

7. <\/i>Polluted farmland leads to Chinese food security fears<\/i><\/a>
\nAgricultural pollution means that China’s food security will increasingly rely on food imports<\/p>\n

8. <\/i>China's new environmental law looks good on paper<\/i><\/a>
\nThe success of China's new environmental law will be in its implementation, says chinadialogue's<\/em> Beijing editor Liu Jianqiang<\/p>\n

9. The three-year battle for China’s new environmental law<\/a><\/em>
\nThe Environmental Protection Law provides the authorities with powerful instruments to lead China into a cleaner future<\/p>\n

10. The drying up of China's largest freshwater lake<\/a><\/em>
\nLocal fishermen and wildlife lose out as Poyang Lake falls victim to drought and dams<\/p>\n

Also, don’t forget to read our special report on China’s soil pollution crisis – Pollution and health in China: confronting the human crisis<\/a><\/strong> – <\/strong>available to download for free<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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