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73. World Nuclear Association, ‘‘Nuclear Power in China,’’ www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf63.html;
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74. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China’s
Proliferation Practices, and the Development of its Cyber and Space Capabilities, testimony
of Patricia McNerney, May 20, 2008.
75. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China’s
Energy Policies and Their Environmental Effects, testimony of Edward A. Cunningham,
August 13, 2008.
76. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China’s
Energy Policies and Their Environmental Effects, testimony of Erica Downs, August
13, 2008.
77. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China’s
Energy Policies and Their Environmental Effects, testimony of Edward A. Cunningham,
August 13, 2008.
78. International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2007: China and India
Insights, p. 278.
79. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China’s
Energy Policies and Their Environmental Effects, testimony of Edward A. Cunningham,
August 13, 2008.
80. The World Bank, The Cost of Pollution in China: Economic Estimates of
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81. Jonathan Schwartz, e-mail communication with Commission staff, October
27, 2008.
82. In a 2007 report by the World Bank and China’s State Environmental Protection
Administration entitled Cost of Pollution in China: Economic Estimates of
Physical Damages, the Chinese government allegedly censored the worst results out
of fear that they would stoke public unrest, results that included a finding that
750,000 people die of pollution-related illnesses every year. Clifford Coonan, ‘‘China
‘suppressed report on pollution deaths’,’’ The Independent, July 4, 2007.
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DC: 2007).
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84. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China’s
Energy Policies and Their Environmental Effects, testimony of Jonathan Schwartz,
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on China’s Energy Policies and Their Environmental Effects, testimony of Daniel
Jaffe, August 13, 2008.
85. Charles W. Freeman III and Xiaoqing Lu, ‘‘Assessing Chinese Government
Response to the Challenge of Environment and Health,’’ CSIS [Center for Strategic
and International Studies] Freeman Chair in China Studies (Washington, DC: June
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86. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China’s
Energy Policies and Their Environmental Effects, testimony of Jonathan Schwartz,
August 13, 2008.
87. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China’s
Energy Policies and Their Environmental Effects, testimony of Edward A. Cunningham,
August 13, 2008.
88. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China’s
Energy Policies and Their Environmental Effects, testimony of Jonathan Schwartz,
August 13, 2008.
89. Juli S. Kim, ‘‘Transboundary Air Pollution-Will China Choke On Its Success’’
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90. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China’s
Energy Policies and Their Environmental Effects, testimony of Daniel Jaffe, August
13, 2008.
91. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China’s
Energy Policies and Their Environmental Effects, testimony of Daniel Jaffe, August