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Chinese Leader Hu Leaves Summit

The Wall Street Journal looks at how President Hu Jintao’s departure from the G8 summit to deal with unrest in Xinjiang will impact the meeting: Chinese President Hu Jintao’s sudden departure Wednesday from the...

Climate Change Up to West: China – Madeline Chambers

Chinese President Hu Jintao calls on industrialized nations to help emerging economies “embark on a road of clean development.” From The Age: Chinese President Hu Jintao has told world leaders on the final day of the Group of Eight summit that responsibility for tackling climate change lay with industrialised nations. “Developing countries still have a […]

Chinese President Set to Meet PM on Sidelines of G-8 Summit – Zee News

From Zee News: Chinese President Hu Jintao, who left for Germany on Wednesday to attend the outreach session of the G-8 summit will also meet world leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George W. Bush to discuss bilateral and international issues. Hu, also general secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China, […]

In Battle for U.S. Carbon Caps, Eyes and Efforts Focus on China – Steven Mufson

As Bush and other G-8 leaders meet today to discuss climate change, the U.S. is expected to counter criticisms of its own inaction on the issue by raising efforts to engage China to change their practices: This year, China is expected to surpass the United States as the leading producer of greenhouse gases, and one […]

China Says Climate Policy Must Make Room For Growth – Emma Graham-Harrison and Chris Buckley

From Reuters: China went on the global warming offensive on Monday, unveiling a national climate change plan while stressing it will not sacrifice economic ambitions to international demands to cut greenhouse gas pollution. The official launching the plan said emissions caps that dented growth in poor nations would do more damage than climate change itself […]

China Set to Confront Climate Change, Defend Growth – Reuters

China has followed the path of developing the economy, and damaging the environment, first and planning to fix it later. The question is, can the environment and people wait that long? The Chinese government seems to have realized this question. Read more from Reuters: China’s first plan for climate change will seek to fortify the […]

G7 Ministers up Pressure on China – BBC

From BBC News: Finance ministers and bankers from the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrial nations have renewed pressure on China to relax controls over its currency. Beijing needed to speed-up efforts to improve the exchange rate flexibility of its yuan currency, G7 ministers said at the end of their meeting in Germany. The G7 […]

China sees itself as world power at G8 table – Andreas Landwehr

From Deutsche Presse-Agentur: Fuelled by its economic growth and armed with a new sense of self-confidence, China now counts itself among the powerful nations of the world and is eager to assert its global authority among the Group of Eight (G8) industrial nations. ‘China and the G8 countries are each important players in the international […]

Long road to G8 membership for China, India – Peter Harmsen

From The Mail & Guardian Online: With vibrant economies and more than a billion people each, China and India might seem obvious candidates for the Group of Eight (G8), but analysts say the road to membership will be long. Russia is now heading the G8 for the first time, inevitably triggering questions about why the […]

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