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China's losing battle against state-backed polluters
2013-03-31 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When Zijin Mining Group threatened to move its headquarters some 270 kms from its home county of Shanghang to Xiamen on China's southeast coast, a local Communist Party boss rushed to confront the company's chairman Chen Jinghe. "If you want to move, you'll have to move the Zijin Mountain to Xiamen as well," the official told Chen, referring to a vast local mine that has helped transform the firm into China's top gold producer and second-biggest copper miner. The exchange, recited with some...
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