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> China that have not even started to attempt to reduce their emissions (recent drops are due to economic collapse). This is completely incorrect, and it makes

• bArray 1y ago
  China has long faked all numbers they publish. They literally paint mountainsides green to fool satellites and get green subsidies [1] [2]. I can't find the article on it now, but they had fields of fake solar panels too. The only figure coming out of China that can be believed is externally measured emissions, and the number continues to go up at an incredible rate [3]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/14/china https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/14/china [2] https://www.vice.com/en/article/chinese-mine-spray-painted-rocks-green-look-like-trees-trick-environment-authorities/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/chinese-mine-spray-painted-r... [3] https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/china https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/china