By Fran Wang
BEIJING (AFP) – China warned it will impose equally harsh penalties on domestic and foreign companies after finding two overseas firms violating environmental rules in a random inspection, state media said Tuesday.
There is a widespread concern that international polluting industries are moving to China,” Andy Xie, an independent economist in Shanghai, told AFP.
“It’s a big problem in China that (the government) chooses to create jobs at the cost of the environment because of excess labour in the countryside.”
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