Plus, a significant share of Chinese emissions are due to China being the ‘factory of the world’ on…

…ective. For example, China’s emissions drop to 8.5%, while that of the U.S. rises to about 20%.[76] Since greenhouse gases build up, culpability depends even more on cumulative emissions. Since the mid-1800s, the U.S. has emitted 29% of all CO2 emissions in the world, more than three times that of populous China in second place.[77]
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Plus, a significant share of Chinese emissions are due to China being the ‘factory of the world’ on behalf and for American (and other countries’) producers and consumers.
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