I was being a bit sarcastic, but ya, you are completely right. My point really was that the US isn't falling behind, China just has much larger problems to deal with ATM and so they are beginning to take the environment seriously.
Both LA and Beijing have similar topological bowl and inversion problems. Tear down the western and northern hills in Beijing, and the air quality would also be greatly improved.
Carbon dioxide doesn't mean shit when the current PM2.5 AQI outside is 200 or 300+. You are talking about a global problem, I'm referring to the local one that will give you lung cancer and not just cause sea levels to rise.
Both LA and Beijing have similar topological bowl and inversion problems. Tear down the western and northern hills in Beijing, and the air quality would also be greatly improved.