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...times I read predictions of China's bright future, I still worry about my country. As an overseas student whose parents are both laid-off workers because of China's economic reforms, I am not so optimistic. I believe that many people are so shocked by China's extraordinary rise that in some ways they ignore what hides behind the prosperity: the expanding income gap between rich and poor, a worsening environment caused by immoderate industrialization and corruption in the government. There are so many acute problems to be solved in modern China. The country is developing fast...
...scheduled for next year, the fear in Jakarta is that the buck will simply be passed to the next administration. "Whoever [the next governor] is needs to make flood management and prevention a priority," says political columnist Bara Hasibuan. Otherwise, when rains return to Jakarta, the water will only rise higher...
...Temperatures Depending on greenhouse-gas emissions, global temperatures will rise between 1.1?C and 6.4?C by 2100. If carbon levels double from the pre-industrial norm-something many experts say is a lock-the IPCC believes the mercury will rise by about 3?C, accompanied by longer and more intense heat waves...
...Levels The IPCC predicts a rise in sea levels of 18-59 cm. But the assessment doesn't account for the possibility of accelerated glacial melting posited in a recent Science study, which estimated that seas could rise as much as 1.4 m by the end of the century-enough to swamp low-lying coastal cities...
...Pollution Surprisingly, the report suggests that by reflecting solar energy, visible airborne particles like sulfates from coal-burning power plants could actually have a cooling effect. But while better filters are reducing visible air pollution around the world, invisible-and harmful-carbon emissions are on the rise...