An Qi's reflection on the dilemma between China's economic and pollution

Reducing the amount of pollution, means that China would have to reduce the amount of factories which would indirectly link to the downturn economic for there will be lesser jobs created for the people. Also, if China continues to build more factories, the country's economic will increase and the standard of living will be higher. However, having more factories will cause more pollution to the environment and the people's health would be affected. Thus, China is in a dilemma between pursing higher economic growth and escalating pollutiondue to the industrialization. In short, either the people's standard of living will increase with their health deteriorating or having their standard of living decreasing or maintaining with being healthy.

Reducing Pollution: 

Reducing pollution will mean that there will be lesser factories where there will be lesser people being hired to work. Having lesser people working will cause the standard of living to decrease. However, having lesser pollution will improve the people's health.

- health problems increase

- global warming

Economic Growth:

Wanting the economic to increase the country would have to build more factories in order to hire more people and also to produce more products to sell and gain profit from it. However, building more factories would also mean that there will be even more pollution which would affect the people's health.

- employment rate increases

- standard of living increases

- lower labour cost

- happiness rate increase

- lower rental fee of land

Thus, the country is in a dilemma whether to have :

1) better standard of living, poorer health (Economic Growth)

2) lower standard of living, better health (Reducing Pollution)