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Originally Posted by Velvet
If we take China for example, in my opinion, they need help rather than judgement. Someone mentioned number of people relate to amount of pollution. China tried the one child policy, but because of misogyny etc most people had boy children. Then they found there is gender imbalance, not enough girls for wives and families. China needs to feed their people, their manufacturing industry is developing well, but with lots of pollution. The West could offer help with how to have cleaner and cheaper production methods. Educational exchange has already started that. I believe there is hope.
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Traditionally in most Asian cultures the eldest male child inherits the property of the parents and also has the obligation of taking care of the parents until they die. I guess if you want to call that misogyny go for it.
The Chinese government doesn't need anyone to help them to clean up their environment, that information is readily available. The government doesn't care about pollution or their people, they only care about the revenue the government receives from industry. The leaders of china aren't backwoods aborigines that need the guidance of "enlightened" American environmentalists, for the most part they are well educated people.
Back to the one child rule in China. I worked with a Chinese intern who was the second child in her family. I asked how that was possible due to the one child rule and she stated that there were exceptions for certain people. Translated meaning is that in China and like here and everywhere else rich and powerful people do as they like.