Given that “China watchers” and “climate watchers” rarely cross paths, I’d like to remind the latter to at least stay informed on the current situation in China. Since this spring, many assumptions about China’s domestic and overseas climate actions have been fundamentally challenged, if not already changed.
“Why do Chinese people not care (much) about climate change?”
47% of Europeans, 39% of Americans, and 73% of Chinese people think that climate change is the biggest challenge faced by society, far ahead of access to healthcare and health services (47%) and financial crisis (33%). https://www.eib.org/en/infographics/2nd-climate-survey-climate-change-fear-china-eu-us
"Recent protests and their aftermath only reveal the tip of the iceberg of social unrest that has been building up over the past decade"?
82% of Chinese support Dynamic Covid Zero because it works 400x better than let 'er rip. 12% say it needs serious adjustments.
https://chinadatalab.ucsd.edu/viz-blog/how-unpopular-is-covid-zero/