{"id":4477,"date":"2011-01-22T08:31:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T13:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=4477"},"modified":"2011-01-22T08:31:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T13:31:33","slug":"enviro-china-lust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=4477","title":{"rendered":"Enviro China Lust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
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<a href="https://ramedicare.com/about-us/"></a> There are a few messy facts that China&#8217;s enviro admirers conveniently ignore when they conduct this kind of thought experiment. I could tick off a bunch but I&#8217;ll simply state the most obvious. In China, you can&#8217;t pose a question like this on a popular website:<\/p>\n<p> 
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<a href="https://dentalprovidence.com/endodontic-surgery/"></a> Of course not. Greens despairing over global warming lust after China the way guys drool over supermodels in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The fantasy is further indulged in the enviro mind with weirdly skewed comparisons <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2011-01-21-is-chinas-quasi-dictatorship-better-prepared-for-the-21st-centur\" target=\"_blank\">like this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
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