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China has limited natural resources even though it has a large territory and is the most populous country in the world. Rapid economic growth in the last three decades sped up the exploration of natural resources and led to severe environmental degradation. China has been a heavily polluting country with rapidly increasing and unsustainable industrial production, domestic and foreign trade and investment.
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Zhang, J. (2013). Environmental Quality in China. In: Foreign Direct Investment, Governance, and the Environment in China. The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318657_3
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