[China.IS.Awesome] - NYTimes.com
...In contrast to the Obama vision, the plan here preserves a central role for coal — the dirtiest fossil fuel in terms of emissions of greenhouse gases, but a mineral that China has in abundance.
And while President Obama voiced goals of addressing climate change and improving national security at the same time, the discussions in China have been focused almost entirely on security issues, people inside and outside the government said.
In other words, as China counts on more years of global leadership in economic growth, global warming remains a secondary concern.
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Air pollution problems like acid rain have come up during the drafting process, but global warming has not figured prominently. China’s top global warming negotiator, Xie Zhenhua, is not even on the 21-member commission that China created in January to set energy policy.
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