people of lanzhou must cope with constant clouds of dust from abandoned building sites. the white sand accumulates everywhere. water trucks try and keep it down. but the effect is limited. the environmental impact of the pollution is significant. the growth of many farm crops. >> translator: all our mountains have been demolished. development projects just lead to environmental destruction. >> reporter: china may be shifting away from its policy of growth at any cost. but local governments still see development as their greatest goal. and stopping or changing projects midstream is not easy. people cannot quickly see the environment recover, and the economic effects are negative. those are some of the issues the xi regime is juggling. daisuke azuma, nhk world, lanzhou. >>> some rice farmers in northeastern japan had to stop exporting their produce after the nuclear accident in 2011. now they're shipping once more, and people in singapore are getting the first taste. officials with the japanese agricultural association convinced singapore authorities that rice from fukushi