Meanwhile China is performing the exact pivot to renewables that needs to happen. When an authoritarian state is more positive for the future of humanity, Europe needs to quit the excuses and answer seriously. Saving the soul of democracy requires seriously muzzling capital and its capacity for destruction.
The least thing the Chinese party-state has in mind is democracy.
The article falls short of a lot of explanations, the most important likely being democracy. It doesn’t even touch the issue even though China is a serial human rights abuser. It’s almost hilarious to interpret this as China ‘saving the soul of democracy.’ This, of course, doesn’t make any sense.
It also says that CO2 emissions in China have been stagnating for over a year and a half. Although this is true, it is very likely because of a downturn in Chinese production. We will see what happens if and when the economic environment improves and output increases. Most economists are very sceptical and think China’s stagnating CO2 emissions is temporal rather than structural. China is -as the article also admits- the world’s largest polluter. No country is on track to meet the Paris goals, but the EU and its members states are better than China. And during the COP30 last year, just 83 countries joined a global movement committing themselves to phase out fossil fuels. Among these are European countries, many from South America, the Caribbean. China is not among them, the globe’s biggest polluter openly refuses to phase out fossil fuels.
The authoritarian state is the worst thing for the future of the world and the humanity. This is blatant propaganda.
Meanwhile China is performing the exact pivot to renewables that needs to happen. When an authoritarian state is more positive for the future of humanity, Europe needs to quit the excuses and answer seriously. Saving the soul of democracy requires seriously muzzling capital and its capacity for destruction.
The least thing the Chinese party-state has in mind is democracy.
The article falls short of a lot of explanations, the most important likely being democracy. It doesn’t even touch the issue even though China is a serial human rights abuser. It’s almost hilarious to interpret this as China ‘saving the soul of democracy.’ This, of course, doesn’t make any sense.
It also says that CO2 emissions in China have been stagnating for over a year and a half. Although this is true, it is very likely because of a downturn in Chinese production. We will see what happens if and when the economic environment improves and output increases. Most economists are very sceptical and think China’s stagnating CO2 emissions is temporal rather than structural. China is -as the article also admits- the world’s largest polluter. No country is on track to meet the Paris goals, but the EU and its members states are better than China. And during the COP30 last year, just 83 countries joined a global movement committing themselves to phase out fossil fuels. Among these are European countries, many from South America, the Caribbean. China is not among them, the globe’s biggest polluter openly refuses to phase out fossil fuels.
The authoritarian state is the worst thing for the future of the world and the humanity. This is blatant propaganda.
Hear that “whoosh” sound? It’s the sound of my point going over your head.