China threatens the global economy and health by unsustainably exploiting natural resources and exporting its willful disregard for the environment through its One Belt One Road initiative, the US State Department said. In its ࢀœChinaࢀ™s Environmental Abusesࢀ Fact Sheet issued recently, the US said China is the worldࢀ™s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, the largest source of marine debris, the worst perpetrators of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the worldࢀ™s largest consumer of trafficked wildlife and timber products. The Chinese people, it said, have suffered the worst environmental impacts of Beijingࢀ™s actions. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said:…
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