In central China's Shaanxi province, there's ample evidence that the Beijing government, and the world, can no longer afford to do nothing.
Villagers here rage with anger because murky, frothy water is all they have to drink.
A paper factory is dumping untreated waste water directly into the local water supply. It's been going on for years. We've gone to see the head of our county, but he won't do anything either. The complaints from Shaanxi province are not unusual. Air pollution is even worse.