China threatens global economy, health – US


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MANILA, Philippines — 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 “China’s Environmental Abuses” Fact Sheet issued recently, the US said China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, the largest source of marine debris, the worst perpetrators of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the world’s largest consumer of trafficked wildlife and timber products. The Chinese people, it said, have suffered the worst environmental impacts of Beijing’s actions. Secretary of State...