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China’s green paradox: Cleaner at home, digging dirt abroad
Beijing’s rush to secure minerals from poor countries renews questions on whether it can truly be a global climate leader.
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Members of the Pradawng tribe inside a China-backed battery metal mine during a protest rally in Pekon township in Myanmar’s eastern Shan State in May.
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As the world grapples with the grave effects of climate change and the urgent task of dealing with it, China has provided some optimism with signs that its carbon emissions might have peaked, even as its demand for power surges at home.
Recent analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) showed that for the first time, China’s carbon emissions have declined
