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Don't be tricked by misleading measurement conditions. Their total carbon emissions have been increasing at an explosive rate.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/World_fo...

Of course they've been going up, but per capita they might reach equilibrium before NA levels.

Europe is doing quite well on that chart.

[0] https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&...

The glaciers don't care about per-capita.

Not true, It's slippery language (and unauditable Chinese press statements). So if you can spot it!

"China, the world’s biggest energy consumer, cut its 2005 carbon intensity level, or the amount of climate-warming carbon dioxide it produces per unit of economic growth, by 46 percent in 2017, Xie told a forum in Shanghai"

Everyone's emissions are down due to manufacturing slowdowns globally. If you're willing to select a narrow set of data points as this article does, then you can draw any conclusion you want.