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3 Resource 1 for Question 1 Map of the Jincheng District where the FAW-VW manufacturing plant is located.

4 Resource 2 for Question 1 Features of the noise recorder Resource 3 for Question 1 Atmospheric pollution (PM10) map for Chang Chun across 9 study sites (A – I)

5 Resource 4 for Question 1 An excerpt of an interview between the CEO of Volkswagen, Herbert Deiss and a reporter for CNBC, a news media company CNBC: You mentioned that Volkswagen (VW) is stepping up investment in electrification to meet new quotas and standards initiated by the Chinese government. Is VW prepared to meet those new rules which kick in in 2019? DEISS: Yes we are prepared, definitely. We have to accept that the Chinese government and citizens are choosing a route forward and I think for China, electric cars make a lot of sense. The density of population is huge and the air quality has the potential to improve a lot. There's a huge commitment towards electric cars and we are taking part of this. CNBC: Another proposal by the Chinese government is the lowering of import taxes on vehicles – how significant of a move would that be for your profitability in the country? DEISS: VW is deeply localized, with most of the parts of our vehicles manufactured in China by local firms that we outsource to. I would say for our vehicles, the production chain is probably 95, 98 percent localized, so we're not really depending on import tariffs. But generally, for other vehicle manufacturing firms, I think the reduction of import taxes is a positive move. It opens up the market and encourage more firms to offer their vehicles to Chinese consumers. CNBC: You talk about the tech and R&D taking place here, is protecting intellectual property still a concern for you doing business in China today? DEISS: Not as much as it was some 10 years ago and there’s also not much to protect anymore because China really has grown up. Chinese workers who initially started with VW and other leading vehicle firms are now working with domestic firms and some have also started their own vehicle manufacturing firms. We are still able to protect some aspects of our intellectual property in terms of vehicle design but the process knowledge of manufacturing vehicles are becoming common industry knowledge. There's no complaints from our side.

6 Resource 5 for Question 2 Article on the karst landscape of Ha Long Bay

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