Read here and here. Tom Friedman continues his unabashed love affair with China, the world's worst polluter, and a very repressive, anti-democratic regime to boot. This love affair for China again causes Friedman to spread falsehoods about Chinese energy/environmental policies. Images and video below reflect the actual pollution hellhole that China's environment is.
"Thomas Friedman, columnist for the New York Times, again trots out the "if only we were doing as good as China" story.....It is a great story. Except for the fact that it is not true..."
No other industrial or developing country should emulate the energy and environmental policies that cause the Middle Kingdom to destroy its own ecology and landscapes. (click on image for source and more information)
From the BBC, Tom Friedman's and NYT's admired China: