Subject: Re: Overpopulation
They're not going to.(Chinese stop polluting) Their national economic strategy (with all the incentives derived from that) is to drive economic expansion such that the rest of the world is dependent on China for both finished goods and key ingredients. Pollution and Global Warming aren't things they give a rip about.

No.

Countries like France, Japan, and others were forced to re-examine their national nuclear policy due to energy security concerns following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In contrast, for over a decade, China has been steadily expanding its nuclear power fleet to provide stable, reliable, clean baseload electricity for its growing economy. China's latest Five Year Plan sets the 2025 targets of 70GW of nuclear capacity as well as 3,000GW total power generating capacity from all fuels. In addition, Beijing's nuclear expansion is part of the nation's official efforts to achieve its energy transition targets, such as emissions peak by 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2060...

In 2022, China added 2 GW of nuclear capacity and reached 75% of its 2025 target. Since then, 6GW capacity has been added to the operable fleet, totaling 57GW today as the world's third-largest nuclear energy producer after the U.S. and France, fulfilling 81% of the 2025 target. As reported in the latest Baker Institute China Energy Map, as of Feb 2023, 55 units are operating, with 22 currently under construction (24GW) and 70 plus (88+ GW) planned.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/t...

Me:
It just came a little late in the game and 2060 is late and also looks unachievable. But it's better than nothing, and it isn't clear what caused the change in policy. But China has always had an unspoken deal with it's population - that as long as the economy progressed, and people were moved out of poverty and progress was continual, that the CCP could stay in power. Deng Xiaoping looked at Lee Kuan Yew's success in Singapore and reformed the CCP. Remember the lie that got told here? That capitalism would democratize China? There was no real basis to think that that I could see. The CCP voluntarily give up control? Wishful thinking.