Green Growth: China's War on Pollution
① As the world's largest polluter gets tough on the environment, global markets are feeling the effects.
② China has taken aim at a trifecta of troubles—smoggy air, contaminated soil and foul water—and the prices of commodities from fertiliser to paper pulp have soared.
③ Implementation of environmental measures, half-hearted in the past, has been heavy-handed.
④ In Hebei, a northern province, a ban on coal heating left residents shivering because the replacement, natural gas, was not yet ready.
⑤ Still, enough power plants have made the transition; this year China should overtake Japan as the world's largest gas importer.
⑥ But the biggest economic surprise of the crackdown on polluters so far has been its muted impact on growth.
⑦ That is in part because services have displaced manufacturing as the main component of GDP.
⑧ So while China is shaking up global commodities, its own economy looks much steadier.
▍生词好句
green growth: 绿色增长 (通过使用可持续发展能源的方式获得经济发展）
trifecta /trʌɪˈfɛktə/: n. 一石三鸟；连续获得三个成就 (本意: 赛马三连胜)
foul /faʊl/: adj. 受污染的；气味难闻的
fertiliser /ˈfəːtɪlʌɪzə/: n. 肥料
paper pulp: 纸浆
heavy-handed: adj. 严厉的；高压的
crackdown /ˈkrakdaʊn/: n. 镇压；打击
