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What Will China's Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World? (nytimes.com)
7 points by butatwhatcost 25 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments


Is this an intentional use of the "But at what cost?" meme in the headline?


pretty much, but also a very decent article on the trade off of economic development vs cultural preservation. Worth a read, if you get past the 'China bad' vibe, which tbh is inherent in any Western media these days


It's got a strange tone.

You'd hope the repeated references to the decade-long, illegal (both internationally and domestically) bombing campaign waged on the country was an intentional if heavy-handed way to point to a better future of economic cooperation and clean energy.

Yet a few engineers getting together to celebrate a project's first successful operation after completion is portrayed as a much darker and more ominous occurrence.



China moves forward to its global goals.




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