I’ma take the bait. Bringing up abortion in context to China might not be the best approach. Every time I’ve ever heard about Chinese abortions it’s in context to the one child policy and uh … The idea that Chinese population strongly prefer male sons.

A fifth and a handle are two different sizes. A fifth is 750 ml ≈ .2 gallon ( US customary) while a handle is 1.75 L ≈ .46 gallon ( us customary). note 1 gal ( US ) = .8gal ( imperial )

I would be hesitant in claiming this as a win. I know that Japan has one of the highest number of trees per capita in the g7 but that was a hold over from post WW2. Where they planted a shit ton of a singular tree type. The monoculture wrecks havoc in their ecosystem. All this to say it’s good that they are planting trees I’m just hoping they are doing it planning it out carefully.

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