China calls US a pig

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UN CLIMATE TALKS

China calls US a pig
Oct 9, 2010


Mr Stern, in remarks at a US university, said Beijing could not insist rich nations take on fixed targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions while China and other big emerging nations adopt only voluntary domestic goals.
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TIANJIN - CHINA hit back on Saturday at US claims it was shirking in the fight against climate change, likening criticisms from the Obama administration's top climate envoy to a pig preening itself in a mirror.

Su Wei, a senior Chinese climate change negotiator, rejected comments from US climate envoy Todd Stern as a week of UN talks on fighting climate change drew to a close in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin.

Mr Stern, in remarks at a US university, said Beijing could not insist rich nations take on fixed targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions while China and other big emerging nations adopt only voluntary domestic goals.

Mr Su countered that Mr Stern's claims were a diversion from the United States' failure to make big cuts in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases causing global warming. China is the world's top greenhouse gas polluter after the United States.

'In fact, it amounts to doing nothing themselves and then shirking responsibility. They want to place the blame on China and other developing countries,' Su told reporters in Tianjin.

The United Nations says there is little time to agree on the outlines of a broader climate pact that binds all big carbon emitting nations and to prevent dangerous climate change, such as greater extremes of droughts, floods and storms. -- REUTERS

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[Ripley]

That Nobel prize really P'sd them off

[Tunaka]

As the US mid term elections are 3 weeks away, disingenuous American politicians are now blaming a new villian: china.

Yes, the cheap RMB is an issue, but "China" is the new target to rile up the masses.

[Agent_Smith]

^China is not an issue here, Tunaka. It's the economy (particularly job creation), and little else matters to voters at the moment.

[dirtydog]

China is the world's top greenhouse gas polluter after the United States.

Doubt if either of them should have any say in greenhouse gases issues.

[The Bold Rodney]

TIANJIN - CHINA hit back on Saturday at US claims it was shirking in the fight against climate change, likening criticisms from the Obama administration's top climate envoy to a pig preening itself in a mirror.

That's not a very nice thing to say, although thinking about it I quite like pigs (well bacon and ham that is).

Anyway...fuck it... it's really hot here today so I've just swiched the air to power cool here and bollox to global warming!

And as a protest at China's insullting remarks I'm not going to order a Chinki takeaway for one whole week!

[Marmite the Dog]

Both the US and China are a disgrace with regard to pollution (let's forget about the not really important 'greenhouse gasses') and neither of them want to change their antiquated industries in order to make real changes.

[Jools]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[Thormaturge]

If politicians are going to start calling each other animal names, I suggest the Turks be chosen to mediate.