Where To Stream Documentary 360 Season 2017 Episode 18
China the Great Dragon Citizens Battle to Clear the Skies
- Aired June 25, 2017
- 60 Min
"We will become an environmental superpower", China's leaders have declared. This program explores the daunting challenges facing this plan, in a country where nearly 1 million people are said to die from air pollution annually. Beijing has committed billions to clean skies and pledged to cut PM 2.5 pollution 45% by the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Can these goals be met? NHK followed citizens battling air pollution in Wuhan, where neighbors of major industries are dying of cancer, and in the...