Workers try to clean up a massive algal bloom spreading over Taihu Lake at Wuxi, in China's Jiangsu province.
Photo: AFP
THE World Bank has reluctantly censored a report revealing that pollution-related diseases kill 750,000 people in China every year.
The bank acted under pressure from Chinese officials who feared the revelation would provoke "social unrest". .. <cont>
China covers up pollution deaths:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/china-covers-up-pollution-deaths/2007/07/04/1183351291152.html