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WORLD / NEWS Wed Jul 4, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

Financial Times -- Beijing engineered the removal of nearly a third of a World Bank report on pollution in China because of concerns that findings on premature deaths could provoke “social unrest”. The report, produced in co-operation with Chinese government ministri.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 11:32am neoform

BBC News -- The World Bank is alleged to have cut from a report research that suggests pollution causes hundreds of thousands of premature deaths annually in China. The move followed pressure from Beijing, which believes the material is too sensitive and could lea.. Read More