The article claims that this is because China supposedly doesn’t care as much about the environment as European countries do. In reality the opposite is the case. China is the only major industrialized economy in the world on track to hit its climate goals, and it has undertaken enormous investments into green energy. As even the article admits, China basically manufactures most of the solar panels and many of the components that go into the windmills that Europe uses and that the world needs for a green transition. Not only that but the use of EVs is more widespread now in China than virtually any other country in the world. They are literally everywhere in China. And that’s not even mentioning the fact that China is at the forefront of cutting edge nuclear energy development and has invested huge sums into building hydroelecric power.