Been reading through my usual posts and this thought popped up in my head. Did a bit of searching and now I'm curious what y'all's analysis is on this. And how potentially the CCP will respond to climate related consequences in the coming decades since they are becoming an increasingly massive superpower and their actions will have global impacts for the rest of the world.

  • niph [she/her]
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    5 days ago

    I’m not sure about the specific goals but I just got back from a China trip and can report that EVs are now outselling petrol cars and there is very good and cheap EV charging infrastructure in most cities. And they are making a shift to renewables with absolutely massive solar farms.

    • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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      5 days ago

      I've been in Wuhan for like 6 months ish and the amount of EVs on the road are drastically higher than 5 years ago, and I think petrol taxis are being phased out.

      Like when I was living in Australia, you'd see a Tesla every now and then. The number of EVs as a percentage of road vehicles is exponentially higher in China and it's not even close. In some areas you're approaching 50% of all personal vehicles being EVs

      • niph [she/her]
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        4 days ago

        Yeah I didn’t see a single petrol taxi. In Guangzhou it felt like maybe 80-90% of newer passenger cars I saw were EVs, in Changsha maybe 50-60%. Still massively better than the west on that front.

        Not every change has been positive but certainly was very impressed by the EV/renewables revolution.

        • Jabril [none/use name]
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          5 days ago

          Most universities have very affordable language programs. Like, $1000-$3000 USD a year for 20 hours of weekly classes depending on what amenities you want

        • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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          4 days ago

          I've befriended an Anglo here who did 3 weeks of DuoLingo before landing a job teaching English. It's not that hard, they'll put you through some Mandarin (or Cantonese) remedial classes as you go.

      • Uranium235 [comrade/them]
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        5 days ago

        I have been considering it but as a transgender american, theres a bit of heistation for me to actually go through with this. For my part I'm all caught up legally on this so stealth could be done but still. Its rough enough being a foreigner and a transgender all in one :/