RE: Chinese GDP Chinese GDP is probably not a great measure as a large % of the population are still very poor and have therefore very low consumption. In order

RE: Chinese GDP Chinese GDP is probably not a great measure as a large % of the population are still very poor and have therefore very low consumption. In order for a larger amount of people to transition into the middle class would start matching and likely exceeding other country's GDP CO2 emissions. RE: economic impact People have in fact quantified it but it's a big topic as you can imagine. I don't think it's hugely controversial to suggest that poverty results in poor health and the data is clear that poor countries tend to have significantly lower life expectancy and higher poor health outcomes. I'm not going to digress into covid as that's a whole other conversation :)