Harbin Pharmaceutical Group...made a public apology...for the severe pollution caused by its Harbin factories. "The group would like to accept any penalties for our wrongdoing to the local environment," Wu Zhijun, head and representative of the group, said in a public letter of apology over the weekend. The group and its management team took "unshirkable" responsibility for the damage to the environment, Wu said, admitting the pollution had harmful effects on the residents living near the factories...[T]the apology did little to calm the anger of local residents... Tian Jiawei, a senior doctor...said the factories started to emit more toxic waste in the last decade as they increased their output without controlling waste emissions... "I have been appealing for an immediate shutdown or relocation of the pollution source for the sake of residents' health, but failed," she said...