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This is true. China's environmental impact is 22% lower if you exclude their exports, and many countries in Europe would have 30% higher impact if you include their imports.

Figures from the abstract - somewhat out of date but true to a lesser extent today - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851800/

That's a common misconception, China is not even amongst the top 50 countries when it comes to industrial production value per capita. And most rich countries are near the top:

https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Industry/Man...

That’s a myth, the US (and Canada, Germany, etc) still does tons of manufacturing and mining locally.