Few things in China have remained the same since 1989—the year tanks fired on students in Tiananmen Square, the Berlin Wall fell, and the USSR began to crumble.
But one important Chinese law passed in 1989 stood untouched until last week: China’s outmoded environmental protection law. In the intervening 25 years, Beijing’s lawmakers separately amended and updated statutes on air and water pollution, but the framework for enforcing environmental standards remained toothless and anachronistic.
See full Article: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-28/china-gives-teeth-finally-to-beijing-s-new-war-on-pollution#r=hpt-fs
Posts
