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                        China to Toughen Pollution Laws

   A top Chinese legislator says Beijing will tighten environmental laws
   and force polluters to pay compensation for the damage they cause.
   In a policy presentation Sunday to the legislature`s annual session,
   Zhang Dejiang - a member of the powerful Politburo Standing Committee -
   said that businesses are responsible for environmental damage and must
   be held to account. He said legal revisions are being prepared, but he
   offered no specific details.
   China`s Environment Ministry has historically not been able to enforce
   anti-pollution laws already on the books. Almost all Chinese cities
   monitored for pollution last year failed to meet government standards.
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