Tuesday, June 06, 2006

China: Environmental Disaster

Chinese government economists estimate that environmental pollution last year cost China approximately 10 percent of GDP. Last year, China's economy grew 9.9 percent in real terms, not accounting for environmental externalities. Yes, that's actually a net loss of 0.1 percent of GDP. Is this the end of the Chinese growth miracle?

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