China on the Joe Rogan Experience

“We're number two. We used to be one. They are number one right now. I think they have an enormous percent of global. I think it's very high.”

China is currently the largest carbon polluter and the United States is second, after the US previously being the largest.

“and meanwhile China is opening hundreds of new coal power plants. They're doubling down on coal”

China is building hundreds of new coal power plants.

“And it also brought the Chinese into the economy, which is a big deal. The Chinese produce more engineers every year than”

Peterson claims China produces more engineers every year than the total number of engineers that exist in the United States.

“The day I left, they flew 28 bombers over the middle of. Of Taiwan. 28 bombers. And it's the apple of his eye.”

Trump claims that on the day he left office, China flew 28 bombers over the middle of Taiwan.

“And then they approve 58 coal plants for the next, you know, every. They build a coal plant a week.”

Trump claims China approved 58 new coal plants and builds a coal plant every week.

“China's way behind us, but they'll catch us within five years.”

Trump claims China is far behind the U.S. in nuclear weapons capability but will catch up within five years.

“But it isn't obvious to me that exporting those jobs was a bad long-term decision. Because, well, you want a world where 20 million Chinese are starving? That'…”

Peterson claims that without offshoring manufacturing to China, 20 million Chinese people would be starving.

“it was all around the Wuhan lab, by the way, there are pictures with little lines, their body bags all around the Wuhan lab”

Trump claims there are pictures showing rows of body bags surrounding the Wuhan lab at the outset of COVID-19.