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The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won, Revised and Expanded Edition
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The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won, Revised and Expanded Edition

by Peter Navarro
April 2008
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 41m
English
Pearson
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China’s Long Arm Reach of Acid Rain

Walking in the rain in Taiwan might not be as romantic as it is in the movies, especially in winter, when a northeasterly wind starts to blow. Last December, officials at the Central Weather Bureau found that several areas in northern Taiwan had been significantly affected by pollution. ... Bureau officials pointed to an extreme case of acidity recorded at 3.6 pH in value in Keelung. Bureau officials remind people to wear hats or use umbrellas to avoid going bald as a result of the acid rain, adding that the acidity of rain in Keelung was only slightly less acidic than vinegar.

Taipei Times

By definition, acid rain is rain with a pH reading of less than 5.6 (where 7 is neutral). It occurs when the sulfur ...

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