Wednesday, December 23, 2009

How China stole the Copenhagen show

China ,backed at times by India , then proceeded to take out all the numbers that mattered

China'sstrategy
* Block the open negotiations for two weeks ,and then ensure that the closed-door deal made it look as if the west had failed the world's poor once again.
*And sure enough , the aid agencies ,civil ,civil society movements and environmental groups all took the bait.
*All very predictable , but the complete , but the complete opposite of the truth .Obama was fighting desperately to salvage a deal ,but the Chinese delegation said "no",over and over again.
*China gutted the deal behind the scenes ,and then left its proxies to salvage it in public.

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