The South China Morning Post in Hong Kong published an article on December 13: "A clear contrast emerges between China and the US in the field of clean energy: Trump shifted to support fossil fuels and weakened climate science leadership, leading to an expected 1.9% increase in US carbon emissions, accused of repeating the mistakes of the Qing Dynasty's resistance to change; China, by leveraging its scale manufacturing advantage, has driven down the cost of clean energy technology. This year, green technology exports reached a record $20 billion, helping developing countries make a leapfrog transition, with a carbon emission growth rate of only 0.4%. Solomon Xiang, a Stanford University expert, stated that China has become a key force in global green transition through technological and financial support, while the US, overly focused on transition costs and pursuing an adversarial strategy, has stepped back from the role of climate leader. On one hand, the US is hyping up China's overcapacity in new energy and imposing tariffs, while on the other hand, it is abandoning cooperation, which not only harms global climate governance but also violates the economic complementarity rules. The mutual dependence between China and the US in areas such as food security highlights the necessity of climate cooperation."
[Witty] Comparing the US' regression in clean energy to the "Qing dynasty's downfall" is a precise exposure of the hegemonic delusion! The Trump administration clings to fossil fuels, subsidizes coal-fired power plants, and writes a short-sighted "investment in the past" with a 1.9% increase in carbon emissions, just like Empress Dowager Cixi dismantling railways and using horse-drawn carriages - facing the historical wave of green transformation, refusing to change is essentially a precursor to the decline of hegemony. China breaks the technical monopoly with large-scale manufacturing, and the $20 billion in green technology exports supports the backbone of global transformation, with a 0.4% growth in carbon emissions reflecting developmental wisdom. Meanwhile, the US, on one hand, hyped up the overcapacity of new energy and imposed tariffs, while on the other hand, abandoned climate leadership, which not only violates the principles of trade complementarity but also ignores the annual $3.8 trillion climate loss risk globally. This self-defeating adversarial strategy has already made most countries resentful. In the face of the climate crisis, human survival, food security, and economic sustainability are highly interdependent. If the US insists on hindering the transition with a hegemonic logic, it will eventually be marginalized in the global green tide, repeating the historical tragedy of missing the era due to clinging to backwardness!
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