The economic miracle that is transforming the world's most populous nation is threatened by energy shortages and rising pollution. It also risks plunging the planet's climate into chaos. Peter Aldhous reports.
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Aldhous, P. China's burning ambition. Nature 435, 1152–1154 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/4351152a
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