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  Not a mention of Chinese politics

  There is all this talk about this being "extraordinarily unjust" and about "moral imperatives", but I didn't see a single mention of the actual political situation in China.

  Did I hear a mention of China's failure to meet its own emissions and improved energy efficiency standards? In fact according to the Working Report of Premier Wen Jiabao for 2007, China didn't just fail to improve its energy effiency, it became less efficient once again... using more energy and emitting more pollution to create the same dollar of GDP. The National People's Congress responded by gutting Wen's beloved Green GDP scheme, because it was producing embarrassing economic/ecological reports that would impair the promotion of provincial and local cadres.

  As an editorial in the mainland Nanfang Daily put it earlier this week, China's environment isn't a problem of a lack of US funding or Chinese interest (see Article 26 of the PRC Constitution), but a political one, where too many party members' careers and finances are wrapped up in creating high GDP numbers at any and all costs.On That you won't hear in the mainstream media posted 2 years, 5 months ago 18 Responses