{"id":155448,"date":"2026-07-31T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155448"},"modified":"2026-07-31T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:00:15","slug":"but-at-what-cost-the-economist-draws-backlash-over-eco-authoritarian-china-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155448","title":{"rendered":"But at what cost? The Economist draws backlash over \u2018eco-authoritarian\u2019 China label"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBritish publication The Economist has come under fire across social media for calling China an \u201ceco-authoritarian\u201d state over its Yangtze River fishing ban, with some users calling out the outlet for its use of the \u201cbut at what cost\u201d trope.<br \/>\nIn a piece published on July 27, the publication outlined China\u2019s efforts to restore Asia\u2019s longest waterway, which has experienced decades of environmental degradation, leading to a decline in fish and other species populations.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party,&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3362478\/what-cost-economist-draws-backlash-over-eco-authoritarian-china-label?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBritish publication The Economist has come under fire across social media for calling China an \u201ceco-authoritarian\u201d state over its Yangtze River fishing ban, with&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155448"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}