Agree with most of this. Right now they’re lucky to have had a string of decently good leaders - but that could easily change. I will point out though that the

Agree with most of this. Right now they’re lucky to have had a string of decently good leaders - but that could easily change. I will point out though that the current Chinese leadership does care a fair bit about the environment. It’s not evenly applied, but in many cases they’ve been working very hard to reduce pollution and environmental damage and pursue sustainable developments (hydroelectricity, electric vehicles, widespread electric scooters and bicycles, public transit initiatives, etc.)