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What Happens if China Stops Trying to Save the World? (www.nytimes.com)
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Preliminary data shows that while global carbon emissions are continuing to rise, China’s emissions may already be peaking — the longtime climate villain turning the corner on carbon before the planet as a whole does.

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[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 9 points 1 month ago

Is this article trying to take what objectively makes China look good and present it as something we should be afraid of? Transpsrent as fuck propaganda. "What if they stop doing the right thing?!?!" What if America ever fucking starts doing the right thing huh? How come there's no article with the title? Did it ever occur to anyone that we can compete with China by addressing climate change better than them as opposed to printing slam pieces overChina doing what is an objectively positive thing for the planet?

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

I only read the unpaywalled portion in the beginning, but I didn’t see that. I assume you got the whole article, would you mind sharing any relevant bits that gave you this feeling? (Or copy/pasting the whole text? That’d be awesome)

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's a gift link from a subscriber, there should be no paywall.

Edit: here's an archive link anyway.

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