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Drive for Clean Air Creates Chaos, Leaves Thousands Shivering
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Drive for Clean Air Creates Chaos, Leaves Thousands Shivering

Caixin, 2017

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Chinese premier Li Keqiang’s promise that the country would “make our skies blue again” is proving difficult to fulfill. December 2017 saw deadlines for a clean-air program aimed at converting three million households off coal heating – but planning failures and politicking brought chaos instead. Caixin Media’s Huang Kaixi, Zhou Chen, Zhou Tailai, Li Rongde and Wu Xiao report on the plight of the Chinese people who are paying the price of cleaner air with chattering teeth. getAbstract recommends this article to readers with an interest in China’s complex environmental, economic and public health challenges.

Take-Aways

  • A botched clean-air program is leaving thousands without adequate heat this winter in Northern China.
  • The program aims to improve air quality by converting millions of households from coal to natural gas or electricity.
  • Authorities failed to construct new natural gas infrastructure in time for winter.

About the Authors

Huang Kaixi, Zhou Chen, Zhou Tailai, Li Rongde and Wu Xiao write for Beijing-based Caixin Media.