Chinese Premier Li Keqiang vowed on Sunday to hold polluting factories liable for excessive emissions, but he sidestepped a question about the government's censorship of a viral documentary video about the nation's smog crisis.
"Enforcement of environmental laws should not be a cotton swab but a killer mace." Li said at a news conference after the close of China's annual legislature in Beijing.
“The Chinese government is determined to tackle smog and environmental pollution as a whole,” Mr. Li said, according to an account in the New York Times. “But the progress we have made still falls far short of the expectation of the people. Last year, I said the Chinese government would declare war against environmental pollution. We’re determined to carry forward our efforts until we achieve our goal.” Read more...
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