Yiyi Lu: The Lonely Rising Power – China News

blogs.wsj.com — Yi Yi Lu, an expert on Chinese Civil Society, in the WSJ: 'Since the Copenhagen climate conference, a number of reports and commentaries in the Western press have blamed China for the perceived failure of the talks...The narrative that China “wrecked the Copenhagen deal” is noteworthy in several respects.'

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