Not necessarily. But China's aggression towards Taiwan and their recent rare earth metals move last year show that China does not have the worlds best interests at heart either. We're picking between two evils and China's evil is more predictable than the US's right now.

This goes for Asia in general. Korea, Japan, and China spent centuries fighting and making them the de facto super power makes it easy to resume the Korean war or try to overtake the (military wise) crippled Japan should they be emboldened by the faltering/collapse of NATO.

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newsclues a day ago | parent [-]

How much coal do they burn? Did climate change suddenly become NOT an existential threat?

Are their global fishing fleets sustainable?

Where do the precursors for fentanyl come from?

	▲	dh2022 a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I have to say that China will probably be a major force in reducing carbon emissions. Yes, China burns a lot of coal; but they also produce and deploy a lot of solar, wind, and soon nuclear energy. Someone else said it better: future will run on China’s batteries.
	▲	bborud 18 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		They seem to have achieved peak coal and coal use is slowly declining. Its percentage of the energy mix has been declining over the last decade. That’s not great, but it is a positive. And certainly better than we feared a decade ago. The world isn’t static.
	▲	michaelsshaw 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> How much coal do they burn? Did climate change suddenly become NOT an existential threat? As in any developing country, China has relied on cheap fossil fuels for rapid growth. Now, China is a global leader in reducing emissions, essentially blowing every other country out of the water. > Are their global fishing fleets sustainable? Is literally anything about the US sustainable? > Where do the precursors for fentanyl come from? You mean the legal drug that is absolutely 100% necessary for use in hospitals? Yeah, don't care. It seems you're supremely focused on "China bad" gotchas as a desperate final gasp because you may be realizing that you don't actually have anything interesting to add to any conversation on any topic. Perhaps think more before opening your mouth.