China's environmental woes worsen -- the polluted Pearl

I still predict that there will be growing social unrest -- potentially leading to revolution or civil war -- in China because of their environmental problems. I could likely list at least 50 stories about pollution in China...

<- The Pearl River in Guangzhou

... and its effects on the populace, if I had three hours to compile them.

So the following article is not surprising -- it's part of a basic underlying problem in China -- the government is not serving the people in the arenas of health and environmental protection. I don't know what their equivalent of the Cuyohoga River is, but they need it to catch fire -- as soon as possible. Otherwise, the people of China will continue to suffer from the deficiencies of government with regard to taking care of their own. If large portions of the population suddenly realize that the government doesn't have their own best interest at heart (news flash -- it doesn't), then the groundswell of unrestiveness could turn into an earthquake.

Poisoning the Pearl River Delta