The New York Times > International > Interactive Feature > China - Pollution - Environment - Economy - Choking on Growth

The question that comes to mind when I read this electronically and in print is who would do this if there is no New York Times? Billy Blogger? The Drudge Report? A wikiwonder?
That's my first observation.
My second is equally troubling. Very few other news organizations have mentioned this - for competitive or jealousy reasons - today. What a shame; the others ought to think - however hard they find that to do- a little about what is lost by not calling attention to this reporting. (For example, a search in Google News on "choking on growth" returns zero links.)