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The west cleaned up the environment 50 years ago. China is just about getting started. This is the normal development. As countries lift themselves out of pov
by BurningFrog 3y ago
The west cleaned up the environment 50 years ago.
China is just about getting started.
This is the normal development. As countries lift themselves out of poverty, pollution doesn't become a priority until they reach a certain prosperity level.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoTo put this in perspective, according to Macrotrends on GDP per capita (not adjusting for purchasing power parity, I assume) China is now at the point that the US was in 1980, and in 2014 was at the place the US was in 1974. https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/gdp-per-capita https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/gdp-... https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/CHN/china/gdp-per-capita https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/CHN/china/gdp-per-capi...