“Now we stand at world number one in emissions volumes,” Xie told a news conference in Beijing.
Rich countries should nevertheless lead with steep cuts in their emissions, said Xie, since over time they have contributed most to the build-up of greenhouse gases trapping more solar heat in the atmosphere, and they should give poorer countries room to grow their economies and emissions.
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/fundmastery/2010/11/29/china-were-1-in-greenhouse-gases/
By “rich countries” he means countries like the US which owe China well over $1,000,000,000,000 .
What’s their total CO2 per head of population, does anyone know?
Somebody ought to tell the Chinese there are no rich countries anymore apart from … China! 😀
Andy
SNL Obama, Hu parody of USA owing China money
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d9c_1258865433
I wish we were still number one. That would mean we’d have more jobs.
You cannot blame them. In their position, any country would do it. Basically they are saying “If you are stupid enough to subsidize the fastest growing economy in the world, we are not going to stand in your way of doing it”.