In Fact with Kyle Obermann
The five episodes, each under seven minutes, are based on peer-reviewed sources, official data, interviews with both Chinese and Western experts, and the host's decade-long experience in China's environmental field. The series explores China's new national park system, its electric vehicle (EV) and solar industries, its exports, and its policies around air pollution and reforestation.
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In Fact: Is smog suffocating China?
Since the reform and opening up, China's economy has developed rapidly and people's living standards have improved substantially, but the traditional development model has paid a heavy price in terms of resources and the environment. There used to be this term called “airpocalypse” in China, a de...
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In Fact: How valuable are China's National Parks?
China formally established its first 5 National Parks in 2021, and set 2035 as the year that the country will finish the creation of its “nature reserve system centered on national parks”.
How does a national park function in the world’s formerly most populated nation?
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In Fact: China's car industry a threat to the West?
Electric vehicles, EVs for short, from China are the focus of a global debate. On the one hand, they are wildly affordable, climate-friendly, and advancing technology at a breakneck pace. On the other hand, the United States has already slapped a 100% tariff on them and the European Union is movi...
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In Fact: Is China's reforestation a giant greenwashing project?
NASA satellite data verified at least 1/4 of the world’s green leaf area increase since the 2000s was due to Chinese efforts. What went on here and are China’s newly planted forests as successful as they claim? Tune in this episode of In Fact with Kyle Obermann. #InFact
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In fact: China's solar revolution
To avoid a global climate catastrophe we need to triple the amount of global renewable energy by 2030. About half of this is expected to come from solar. And, since 2006, the solar panels China has produced account for 70-80% of the total, global GW of the installed capacity today. But China is a...
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'In Fact with Kyle Obermann' series to air on CGTN
In Fact with Kyle Obermann, a groundbreaking series from CGTN, delves into one of the world's most debated environmental topics: China's environmental record and its global impact.
