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There's a folktale called The Chinese Mirror that tells the story of a Korean peasant who returns to his village from China and brings home something no one has ever seen before: a mirror. All the villagers who look into it fail to recognize themselves, leading to all kinds of amusing misunderstandings and chaos.

Now tuck the tale in the back of your mind as you consider this disturbing news from the pages of The Washington Post. The headline: Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China.