The Social and Economic Impacts of Global Warming:
Ever since 2006, China has been the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide. China joined several other countries in signing the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement to combat global warming and climate change. While China has spent years trying to decrease their emissions from coal, they are actively increasing the amount of coal mining in their country.
For many years, China believed that it was the responsibility of industrialized countries to regulate their own emissions and pollution. Recently, however, China has been pushing more for global coalitions and treaties like the Paris Agreement to help slow the progress of climate change. Even after the United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement in 2017, the Chinese government has continued to urge other industrial countries to join.
As it stands, the Chinese government does not feel that emissions can be decreased over time. Rather, they will try to slow their increase until it is at a steady level, then begin to decrease over a span of decades.
The Issue of Corruption in International Sports:
In previous decades, China has denied and rejected claims of corruption in international sporting events. Recently, however, many sources have exposed the corruption that is rampant in their sporting events.
In recent years, China has been making an honest effort to reduce the amount of corruption in sporting events. While it is very slow in the process, they have made some progress towards fair play.
China is working towards one day eliminating all corruption in their international sporting events.
In 2008, China hosted the Olympics in Beijing, and there were no claims of corruption in the world’s foremost competitive event.
While China has struggled in the past with corruption and poor sportsmanship, they have strived for a fair environment in which all events are officiated fairly.
The Issue of Domestic Migration:
In the past, many workers in large cities were migrants who would travel from their rural homelands in search of employment. Some 280 million migrant workers, as well as fresh graduates and office workers have moved to larger cities.
Because of their economic and social class, many of these workers struggle to find employment in the larger cities. As it stands, China has done little to reform their social welfare programs or given migrant workers better opportunities.
It is many people’s hope that the Chinese government will begin making reforms and opening new doors for migrant workers and young graduates, but currently they have not made any steps towards reform.
That being said, this migration of millions has caused a bevy of problems within the Chinese economy. With this large amount of people leaving rural areas, farmers are finding it more and more difficult to keep up production to meet the desired quotas. Without farming, the Chinese economy will suffer greatly.