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The strongest governments on earth cannot clean up pollution by themselves. They must rely on each ordinary person, like you and me, on our choices, and on our will.

~Chai Jing

Topics: Cannot Choices Clean Clean Up Each Earth Governments Like Me Must Ordinary Ordinary Person Our Person Pollution Rely Strongest Themselves Up Will You

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Environmental protection and economic development are not in conflict. Environmental protection is not a burden but a source for innovation. It can increase competition, create jobs, and lifts the economy.

~Chai Jing

Topics: Burden Competition Conflict Create Development Economic Economic Development Economy Environmental Environmental Protection Increase Innovation Jobs Lifts Protection Source

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Half of the days in 2014, I had to confine my daughter to my home like a prisoner because the air quality in Beijing was so poor. One morning, I saw my daughter banging on the window... The day will come when she asks me, 'Why do you keep me here? What is going to hurt me when I go outside?'

~Chai Jing

Topics: Air Ask Banging Because Beijing Come Confine Daughter Day Days Go Going Had Half Here Home Hurt Keep Like Me Morning One Morning Outside Poor Prisoner Quality Saw She Why Will Window You

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I'd never felt afraid of pollution before and never wore a mask no matter where. But when you carry a life in you, what she breathes, eats and drinks are all your responsibility; then you feel the fear.

~Chai Jing

Topics: Afraid Before Breathes Carry Drinks Eats Fear Feel Felt Life Mask Matter Never Pollution Responsibility She Then Where Wore You Your

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Do you know how much coal China burns? In 2013, we already were burning 3.6 billion tons. And do you know how much coal the rest of the world burns? We burn more than the rest of the world combined.

~Chai Jing

Topics: Billion Burn Burning Burns China Coal Combined Do You Know How How Much Know More Much Rest Than Tons Were World You

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The reform and opening up of China hasn't been happening quite the way we've been told, like a small bird breaking out of its egg. Its more like a cicada shedding its skin, emerging ever so slowly. Energy is the last part of that shell that needs to be shed.

~Chai Jing

Topics: Been Bird Breaking China Egg Emerging Energy Ever Happening Last Like More Needs Opening Out Part Quite Reform Shed Shedding Shell Skin Slowly Small Up Way

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Looking back on humanity's battle with pollution, history has been made by thousands of ordinary people who one day say, 'No. I'm not satisfied. I don't want to wait, and I don't want to pass the buck. I want to stand up and do something. I want to do it here, and I want do to it now.'

~Chai Jing

Topics: Back Battle Been Buck Day Here History Humanity Looking Looking Back Made Now One Day Ordinary Ordinary People Pass People Pollution Satisfied Say Something Stand Stand Up Thousands Up Wait Want Who

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Journalist

Born: January 1st, 1976

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