I know this would have sounded absurd a few years ago, but the authoritarian Chinese regime is currently more rational than the democratic US regime.
They actually know, understand, and to some degree care, that they're basically 1/5th of the world's population and if they don't get pollution under control the entire world will burn.
Re:U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord
by ceilingcorner on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @09:19AM
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The CCP has absolutely zero problem suppressing its own citizens if they threaten the government’s power, I seriously doubt they care any more about the rest of the world.
Re:U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord
by freeflight on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @10:14AM
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> The CCP has absolutely zero problem suppressing its own citizens if they threaten the government’s power
That is a reality under pretty much any regime in the truest sense of the words meaning, which contrary to popular use is not negative but rather descriptive.
I think you misunderstood my comment.
They care in the sense that: the whole world burns - China is part of the world - China will burn - their citizens will riot making 1989 look like child's play - the CCP will go up in flames, too. Cynical logic, but logic nonetheless.
They don't care in the "care bear" sense.
China has shown time and time again that China will do what China feels like doing.
Meaning them committing to doing something 10 years doesn't mean they will do it at all.
We clearly don't really care about climate change or stuff like this would be about taxing pollution through tariffs and other means. Rules like this just move the manufacturing and thus pollution to different countries. Which is pointless when the goal is to reduce climate change.