2026-10-31 18:59 UTC
China has higher per capita CO2 emissions than Europe, despite a lower per capita economic output. While there has been significant investment in renewable energy recently, there is still a large amount of coal power and China has been slow to phase out fossil fuels.
In terms of income inequality by Gini coefficient, China is estimated to be in the higher 30s, substantially worse than Canada, Australia, Japan and almost every European country. China has a minimum income guarantee (unlike the USA for example), but it is very low by European standards. In terms of the number of US$ billionaires, China ranks second globally behind the US, though in terms of billionaires as share of the population does not rank as high.
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@chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2026-11-01 04:00
A lot of that pollution is Western pollution outsourced to China. It’s like how California has a water crisis because its agriculture is supporting half the country, making their per capita water usage insane.
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@FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 2026-11-01 04:25
Comparing China to Europe is apples and oranges. Europe didn’t start the last century as a feudal backwater with 3 centuries of imperialists extracting its wealth. China was unimaginably poor even 50 years ago. The fact that their economy is so strong now is frankly astounding, and a true testament to the effectiveness of socialism.