Latest comments posted about Is the west to blame for China’s emissions? on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1592-Is-the-west-to-blame-for-China-s-emissions- http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1592-Is-the-west-to-blame-for-China-s-emissions- There is a spelling mistake in the article. It is said that student will lose one point if there is one spelling point in the national university entrance examination. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:36:58 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1592#comment-7131 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1592#comment-7131 The stage was set for China’s unbridled development when Deng Xiaoping visited Guangdong in 1992 telling the people that China needed to open up, to pursue broad economic growth, to develop productive forces, and to achieve the goal of common affluence. In 1992 the world already had recognized the negative environmental effects that such economic growth and development had generated in industrialized countries. Technologies were already in use and more were being developed to offset these negative effects. China could have chosen a less destructive pathway like “green development” or “sustainable development”, for example, but these paths were largely ignored. I discussed these issues in 1994 with the Mayor of one of Guangdong’s larger cities. He said that first China needed to develop and only then could it worry about correcting environmental damage. China’s choice of development style came from within. China has to live with its development decisions and the responsibility for the adverse consequences must be borne by China’s leaders. W. Parham Parham305@aol.com Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:58:36 -0500 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1592#comment-5955 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1592#comment-5955 a very interesting opinion.I don't know much about carbon trade,but thinking about it now,the way to calculate carbon emission shouldn't be confined by regional difference.Apart from the country of origin of commodities which will generate carbon emission,we must also take into consideration the consumption area of commodities and the distribution mode of profit.How to calculate the carbon emission reasonably is a very tricky question. Re:comment 1,I think you voice the opinion of the developed countries.Just like the policy of "closed custom,locked country"in Qing dynasty,this opinion symbolizes the way of being afraid of the outside influence and giving up the communication opportunity.Developed countries could reduce emission in this way if they want, and then I think its China which would become the final beneficiary? Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:27:41 -0500 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1592#comment-5932 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1592#comment-5932 Since it is totally the west's fault for emission in China because the west keep on buying from China, the west must cease and desist this horrible practice. The west must stop buying from China right now so that China can return to its environmental conscientious state. Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:33:03 -0500 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1592#comment-5925 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1592#comment-5925