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This is a piece on China’s new transparency pledge by Barbara

Finamore, director of the China Project at NRDC..

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bfinamore/china_transparency_pledge_move.html

China Transparency Pledge Moves Copenhagen Talks Forward

China advanced hope for a global climate accord Thursday, saying it

would enhance the information it makes available to other countries

about its carbon emissions and submit that reporting to some form of

international review.

This opens the door to a potential agreement

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that ensures transparency in a way that is not intrusive and respects

China's sovereignty. It is a welcome sign of how serious the Chinese

are about taking action against climate change.

The announcement was made by He Yafei, China's vice

minister for foreign affairs, at a press conference at the UN climate

summit. He said China would enhance and improve national

communication to improve transparency, and that it would consider

international exchange, dialogue and cooperation on these issues.

Transparency has been a sticking point between U.S.

negotiators and the Chinese. The apparent opening came hours after

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the United States would

participate in a global climate fund to reach $100 billion a year by

2020. (See transcript here

<http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/12/133734.htm> .) The money

would be used to help low income countries cope with the ills of

climate change.

Neither Secretary Clinton nor Vice Minister He drew a

direct link between the moves. Both announcements, though, reflected

forward motion by the two countries. Together, China and the United

States account for about 40 percent of the world’s carbon emissions.

For that reason, the two countries are regarded as essential to

getting a global climate change accord.

President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed to

forge a strategic partnership around climate and energy issues when

they met last month in Beijing.

China's willingness to engage in a constructive way on the

issue of international reporting and review reflects the spirit of the

new partnership. We look forward to continued progress on this front.

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My reading about the situation is slightly different. I think China's

move is more of a public relation type. But Americans are trying to

spin in their favor, as well as putting more pressure on China.