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Curious to see China as the whipping boy of climate change, even as the US consumer markets pivot to the far dirtier India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines for its cheap labor and consumer surplus.
China is the biggest emitter. India and Indonesia have about a quarter of Chinas per capita emissions. Malaysia is about as bad as China in terms of per capita emissions. It however is also about as rich as China in per capita terms, so not a place for truely cheap workers.
You're thinking of SO2 emissions from before the new low-sulfur fuel standard went into effect a few years back. Shipping is only a few percent of greenhouse gas emissions.
Actual emissions by sector:
Remember here: shipping is only part of transportation