I've learned that I need to spell out, even in cases seemingly so blatant, that in fact I am not taking this at face value and am being 'sarcastic.'
Chinese emissions are a problem not just for its own people but also for the world. It has now overtaken the U.S. as the biggest carbon emitter; most of the coal that is burned anywhere on Earth is burned in China.
Contrary to what you might think, China's economy is relatively less efficient, and more polluting, than those of rich countries.
I am explicitly not opening the giant can of worms that is the ongoing current discussion of patent, copyright, and trademark reform.
Everyone moans about the collapsing U.S. infrastructure.
Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to China's continued development. That's according to me, but it is not some wacko view.
