{"id":283905,"date":"2023-10-18T21:49:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T19:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283905"},"modified":"2023-10-18T21:49:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T19:49:35","slug":"why-china-is-banning-teslas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283905","title":{"rendered":"Why China is Banning Teslas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"418\" data-attachment-id=\"283910\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=283910\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-18-214433.png?fit=976%2C564&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"976,564\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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