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China's exploding population, and the nation's race to urbanize in an effort to house it, is a hot topic in global debates about energy efficiency and pollution. The village of Huangbaiyu in rural northeast China was supposed to be a model for energy-conscious design. But the joint China-U.S. project to build 400 sustainable homes went awry. Timothy Lesle investigates in an audio slideshow for FRONTLINE/World.