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China’s great carbon hoax

By Tom Rogan

Published November 27, 2019 9:01pm ET

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China’s great carbon hoax — A runner, wearing a mask to protect herself from pollutants, looks at her smartphone as she and others jog past Chang'an Avenue near Tiananmen Square shrouded in haze at the start of 2014 Beijing International Marathon in Beijing, China Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) | Andy Wong

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping continues to play the world for a fool on carbon emissions.

The Chinese delegation to a U.N. climate meeting spent Wednesday defending China’s rising carbon emissions. China’s record stands in stark contrast to declining U.S. and EU emissions. China knows that it doesn’t have to cut carbon emissions to keep the world happy. It only needs to pretend to cut emissions and then lie about it.

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