China has lived better hours, and no, we are not only talking about its economic situation, to this we must add the latest news related to the contamination of its manufacture. According to the latest article in Nature Climate Change The Asian giant is, by far, the country that pollutes the most when it comes to making its products in the world.
As Steven J. Davis, a professor at the University of California at Irvine (USA) and co-author of the study, points out, one of the reasons why gas emissions are higher in countries like China may be the low prices with which they sell products since they force, in this way, to reduce production costs, often opting for cheaper options as well as polluting, as is the case of coal, which accounts for two thirds of primary energy consumption in China . Despite being one of the largest traders in the world, China’s manufacturing industry is still a bit advanced.
Another reason is the increase in international trade (until before the crisis) which led China to increase its production, also increasing pollution, so as they conclude in the study; international trade increases emissions.