Trading up on carbon for a greener future in China

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China lifted nearly a billion people out of poverty with an industrial transformationunrivaledin the modern age.

But it was achieved with considerable cost to its environment.

Now, Beijing is aiming to not just cut emissions but become a carbon neutral country with an equally dramatic transformation into a green economy.

CGTN’s Owen Fairclough reports.

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