2. What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
“After months of negotiations, China has released a five-year action plan for cutting air pollution, which includes a ban on new coal-fired power stations. But Green groups say there is no chance of Beijing meeting its air quality targets.”
“Greenpeace says that despite the government’s laudable determination, there is no chance of a 25% drop in PM2.5 levels in Beijing over the coming five years.”
3. What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported? The main point in the article is that although China has a five-year action plan for cutting air pollution, the PM2.5 levels in Beijing cannot drop 25% in next five years. It’s supported by the calculation of Greenpeace. 本文主要讲述虽然中国制定五年大气污染防治计划，但北京市在未来五年内PM2.5浓度下降25％的目标无法完成。绿色和平论述了这一观点。
4. What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
Greenpeace: Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" and focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues.
Huang Wei: Greenpeace’s climate and energy campaigner.
5. What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
Causation: China’s action plan for air pollution, published this week, requires cuts in PM2.5 levels of 25% in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, 20% in the Yangtze delta, and 15% in the Pearl River delta, all by 2017.
Responsibility: China’s air pollution problems are due to an over-reliance on coal. However, the action plan only talks about reducing coal, the provincial governments should put more effort in reducing coal rather than just make commitment. Otherwise, that means any benefits for air pollution will be heavily discounted.
6. How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report? China made the plan only for Beijing-Tianjin-Heibei area, Yangtze delta, and Pearl River area. The cutting air pollution should be national wide instead of just focusing on the major coal-reliance areas.Therefore, this is the disparity hidden behind the article. 中国制定的《行动计划》只针对于京津冀、长三角和珠三角地区，而防治大气污染应该在全国范围内实现，仅仅在煤炭依赖高的地方实施是不够的。所以这个不平等现象是隐匿在文章背后的。
7. What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issued and actors described in the article?
This action should be implemented strictly, so China may not achieve the reduction of PM2.5 with 25%, the air quality will also be improved significantly. The conduct in five-year action can be implemented with the New Environmental Protection law. It will accelerate the process of improving air quality.
The plan lists 33 measures deal with small coal furnaces and reductions in coal use in the three key regions. What I think is that the assessment of how these areas use coal should be recorded in more detail. So the government can keep track the implementation of the action.
Citation: Nan Xu, “Scepticism over China’s air pollution plans,” Chinadialogue, accessed Sept. 13, 2013.
徐楠，中国大力控煤以净化空气，**https://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/6356-Scepticism-over-China-s-air-pollution-plans/ch** 2013.09.13
2. What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
3. What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?
The main point in the article is that although China has a five-year action plan for cutting air pollution, the PM2.5 levels in Beijing cannot drop 25% in next five years. It’s supported by the calculation of Greenpeace.
本文主要讲述虽然中国制定五年大气污染防治计划，但北京市在未来五年内PM2.5浓度下降25％的目标无法完成。绿色和平论述了这一观点。
4. What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
5. What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
6. How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report?
China made the plan only for Beijing-Tianjin-Heibei area, Yangtze delta, and Pearl River area. The cutting air pollution should be national wide instead of just focusing on the major coal-reliance areas.Therefore, this is the disparity hidden behind the article.
中国制定的《行动计划》只针对于京津冀、长三角和珠三角地区，而防治大气污染应该在全国范围内实现，仅仅在煤炭依赖高的地方实施是不够的。所以这个不平等现象是隐匿在文章背后的。
7. What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issued and actors described in the article?