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Growing Public Unrest Leads China To Admit To 'Cancer Villages'
eldavojohn writes "A new report from China's environment ministry has resulted in long-overdue self-realizations as well as possible explanations for 'cancer villages.' The term refers to villages (anywhere from 247 to 400 known of them) that have increased cancer rates due to pollution from nearby factories and industry. The report revealed that many harmful chemicals that are prohibited and banned in developed nations are still found in China's water and air. Prior research has shown a direct correlation between industrialization/mining and levels of poisonous heavy metals in water. As a result, an air pollution app has grown in popularity and you can see the pollution from space. China has also released a twelve-year plan for environmental protection."
Let me give you a couple of examples of cultural difference between China and Western Europe.
Your wife goes on a long work trip. You, the husband are going to be left without her for sexual relief for quite a while. What will wife do about it?
Guess which option belongs to European wife and which one is the choice of the Chinese one:
1. Tell her friend to look for her husband potentially cheating.
2. Organise a friend or a prostitute to visit her husband in regular intervals to make sure he's satisfied.
Situation two:
You, the husband, see your mother, your wife and your daughter drowning. You only have a chance to save one out of three. Which one, according to your wife you SHOULD save?
1. Daughter
2. Mother
3. Wife
Answer: #2 is Chinese option. #1 and potentially #3 are Western European ones.