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Swedish Greta Thunberg’s response to China’s fat-shaming By Mette Larsen
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wedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was recently called an “environmental princess” and mocked by her weight in an ar ticle published in the Chinese state-owned newspaper China Daily. According to Woman’s Health, Greta Thunberg’s response, “Being fat-shamed by Chinese state Owned media is a pretty weird experience even by my standards. But it’s definitely going on my resume,” is all class. The statements in China Daily came from journalist Tang Ge after Greta Thunberg urged China to do more to reduce its emissions and address climate change. “Although she claims to be vegetarian, judging from the results of her growth, her carbon emissions are actually not low,” Tang Ge wrote. In addition, the ar ticle stated that “the lifestyle that pollutes the ear th the most is European and American life” and accused Greta Thunberg of “double standards” because she called out China.
The article continued by stating that the climate activist “suddenly woke up on May 7 and began to criticize China for polluting the environment” after she Tweeted a repor t that found China’s annual emissions were greater than those of all developed nations combined in 2019.
In her Tweet, Greta Thunberg acknowledged China was a developing nation under World Trade Organization terms but she said it was “no excuse for ruining future and present living conditions.” She added, “We can’t solve the climate crisis unless China drastically changes course.”
Thailand aims to host more virtual trade fairs
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hailand’s International Trade Promotion Department is set on hosting more virtual trade fairs and online business activities in order to boost the country’s exports in the second half of the year. According to Somdet Susomboon, the depar tment’s DirectorGeneral, the agency is preparing a
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schedule of more than 30 vir tual trade fairs and online business activities this year mainly in the second half to boost exports by more than 4%.’ Source: Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce.
