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by ww520 4939 days ago
1) The environmental burden is simply offshored from the West to China along with offshore manufacturing. The environmental impacts are also offshored since they suffer the majority of them. It's ludicrous for someone enjoying the fruit of globalization along with clean air and clean water to blame China for destroying the environment. No, you are the one destroying it since you are part of the globalization. You are the one allowing the multinationals to skew local environment laws by offshoring, in the guise of capitalism. You are the enabler of the environment problems.

2) What is China's absolutely atrocious record against the rest of the world?

3) This one is on the spot.