global winners and losers

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Cards (8)

  • global benefits
    Infrastructure investment= capacity of Shenzhen port has increased so can have more ships berthed 
    -new power stations built in china to meet energy demand, 1100 active coal stations
    -china also investing in renewable energy, longyangxia dam solar park, one of largest in world 
  • global benefits
    • Education, training, health care=graduate level qualifications 
    • Wages work and poverty reduction= % of people in china living on less than 2.15 dollars a day dropped from 72% in 1990 to 0.7% in 2017
  • social and enviro problems
    • Over-exploitation of resources= china now looking to Africa for new supplies of key resources 
     
    • Pollution= in Chinese cities, air pollution is frequently above healthy levels due to high amounts of particulates from factories. In 2008, 33% of yellow river in northern china was considered polluted with chemicals from industrial wastewater.