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Is China’s New Silk Road Just Another Elaborate Scam?

Is China’s New Silk Road Just Another Elaborate Scam?
People wear masks as they travel on a street during smoggy weather in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2021. China, the largest contributor to carbon emissions, has plans to peak them by 2030, and to become carbon neutral by 2060. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
John Mac Ghlionn
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China kicked off the 2022 U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP27) on Nov. 6 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, by calling on the world to provide aid to poorer nations. The idea of China, the world’s most notorious emitter, lecturing world leaders stinks of hypocrisy.
John Mac Ghlionn
John Mac Ghlionn
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John Mac Ghlionn is a researcher and essayist. He covers psychology and social relations, and has a keen interest in social dysfunction and media manipulation. His work has been published by the New York Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, Newsweek, National Review, and The Spectator US, among others.
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