How terrible that China has not tried to keep pace with seeking more efforts to address the quality of air, even as it's pushing forward pushing its country's way of life, infrastructure and economics, into the modern era.Yet there is a terrible price to be paid, for not taking care of the environmental issues that comes with turning an agricultural society into a modern technological one. As other countries have learned the hard way, with pollution, disease, health problems, lack of resources, crime, social issues and other problems.

It would seem, its leaders don't mind the poor paying the ultimate price, as long as they think the end justifies the means.But if a pandemic strikes its population, easily getting out of control, even they may be forced to take a look at having to find solutions sooner then they want to. If every breath you take, is a risk you could die, it can change ones priorities. Once the dust settles down.

While they do have over 1.4 billion people, with poor air conditions, which allow an airborne pathogen to spread while remaining in the air longer, it can prove in the end, to be devastating. Just like the black plague in Europe struck down even the rich and elite in their luxurious places, far separated from the poor. Air is no respecter of persons, nor is death