Choking on Growth

choke kvävas, storkna (verb, intransitivt)
exempel; choke on a thing---sätta något i halsen, få något i vrångstrupen
growth tillväxt (substantiv)
exempel; growth rate---tillväxttakt {ekonomiskt}

NY TIMES; Choking on Growth Part I
A series of articles and multimedia examining the China’s pollution crisis.

"The speed of China’s rise as an economic power is unprecedented, as is the scale of its environmental problems."