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How China is (and isn't) fighting pollution and climate change

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Angel Hsu |

TED2018

• April 2018

China is the world's biggest polluter -- and now one of its largest producers of clean energy. Which way will China go in the future, and how will it affect the global environment? Data scientist Angel Hsu describes how the most populous country on earth is creating a future based on alternative energy -- and facing up to the environmental catastrophe it created as it rapidly industrialized.

China is the world's biggest polluter -- and now one of its largest producers of clean energy. Which way will China go in the future, and how will it affect the global environment? Data scientist Angel Hsu describes how the most populous country on earth is creating a future based on alternative energy -- and facing up to the environmental catastrophe it created as it rapidly industrialized.

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Angel Hsu

Climate and data scientist

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Angel Hsu is a professor and data geek who applies data-driven methods to solve challenging environmental issues.

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Learn about what you can do about climate change.

Read breaking news about China's environmental policy and impact.