China's Copenhagen pledge: more pollution – China Environment

foundinchina.com — Once again China is content to snipe away at ‘rich’ countries (and the US in particular) while abdicating her own responsibilities as she hides behind the convenient – and somewhat spurious – cloak of a ‘developing’ country.

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