...when it comes to pollution the planet. New estimates to be published next month say China is now the world's biggest polluter.
Using data from the Chinese Environmental Protection Agency, researchers in California reckon China has already overtaken the US in pumping more greenhouses gases into the atmosphere.
China's enormous Inner Mongolian province tops the league table for the region producing the most carbon dioxide, followed by Shanghai.
Tibet is bottom of the league which you can read as meaning it is the least well developed part of China or that its beautiful unspoilt plains are being preserved.
Interestingly, Beijing is the only area to record a significant decrease in air pollution.
The news comes as it was announced that construction work in Beijing, Shandong, Tianjin and other surrounding cities will grind to a halt in June, two months ahead of the Olympic Games.
Then it'll be full speed ahead again come September...
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