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Why don't Shanghainese people care about the environment?
Although Copenhagen might be headline news, what’s occupying Shanghainese
people’s thoughts these days isn’t the environment
For those who come to Shanghai for the first time, what strikes them the most
is not only how tall the skyscrapers are, but also how smoggy the skies can
be.
With the UN’s 2009 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen still in the
news, it seems almost politically incorrect to not talk about the
environment; however, according to QQ.com, environmental issues barely make
the daily list of concerns for average Shanghainese person.
What do people care about?
A survey done by China Comment Magazine (半月谈) in Shanghai, Zhejiang,
Jiangsu, Hebei, Shanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhong reveals that the top
three issues that people pay the most attention to are: the gap between rich
and poor, health care, schooling and housing expenses and (un)employment.
I make RMB 770 per month. With this wage, can I afford environmental
protection?
— Yue Zhi Shen, netizen
With China’s becoming increasingly “capitalized,” the income inequality
has rapidly increased here. Netizen Lei Qincheng summarizes many peoples
feelings by saying, “Food price have risen 15 percent this year. It feels
like the only thing that isn’t raising is my wage.”
In additional to cost of living concerns, health care, schooling and housing
expenses