Commentary
China on Nov. 6 kicked off the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, by calling on the world to provide aid to poorer nations. The idea of China, the world’s most notorious emitter, lecturing world leaders stinks of hypocrisy. Alas, this is China we are discussing, a country ruled by a tyrannical regime that excels in peddling the most outlandish of lies.
In recent years, many of these lies have involved climate-based initiatives and pledges to make the world a greener place. This brings us to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) latest endeavor, a new “road” that’s ostensibly designed to make the world a cleaner, more eco-friendly place. Look underneath the hood, however, and you’ll find numerous issues, many of them deadly in nature.
For approximately 1,500 years, people traveled along China’s Silk Road. Spanning some 4,000 miles, the Silk Road, a network of trade routes that facilitated the exchange of ideas, goods, and even slaves between the East and West, reshaped humanity. Fast forward to 2022, and a new Silk Road is on the scene. Like its predecessor, Silk Road 2.0 has aspirations of reshaping humanity.
Earlier this year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), a ministerial-level department closely affiliated with the CCP, championed the idea of a Green Silk Road. In a statement, the NDRC outlined the many ways in which the construction of a new Silk Road would make the world an…
