China Building Green City on Island Near Shanghai

While the Chinese government has never been known for its environmental consideration, a new city springing up there on an island in the mouth of the Yangtze River may start to change all of that. Bulldozers have already broken ground on Chongming, where China is constructing an earth-friendly city from scratch catering to the overflowing masses from nearby Shanghai as well as those displaced by the massive and ongoing Three Gorges dam project.

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The Chinese government promises a model city that protects the environment, complete with sustainable construction methods, protection of wetlands and all electric vehicles.

Currently, China has 16 of the world's 20 most polluted cities; and, the #1 cause of death in China is respiratory illness. What's more, American cities, notably Honolulu, Portland and Seattle are recording pollution emanating in China.

What plays out in China affects us all on this tiny spinning blue rock...