Latest comments posted about Building a politics of interdependence on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/582-Building-a-politics-of-interdependence http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/582-Building-a-politics-of-interdependence The distinction between the domestic logging that China was able to "switch off" (sort of) and the demand for timber that it could not is an important and interesting one. I don't think China is particularly "accountable" for illegal logging in Siberia or SE Asia, though good tracing mechanisms might give Chinese consumers/businesses some power to choose or not to choose to buy such timber. Agree with the above comment too. I think such competition would be fantastic, but China will naturally insist that much of the profits from greening China go to Chinese firms. Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:10:07 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/582#comment-618 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/582#comment-618 I agree with the perspective above: illegal logging in China and China's demand for timber are two different matters. What reason do you have to say that China must bear responsibility for illegal logging in other places? I agree with the author's point of view that we must establish an international system. But please don't rashly leave international environmental problems at China's doorstep. China is experiencing the same sort of development as the First World did formerly, and you have no right to prevent this kind of development. Development is a direction, but how to develop is a different problem, and it is a global problem. Therefore, in your speech, you first of all confused these problems, and at the same time you already took a subjective point of departure for discussing global environmental protection problems. That China's development is resulting in losses for the environment is fact, but I hope that you officials of Western nations can look upon China's problems from the perspective of historical and contemporary background and so forth. Otherwise your well-meaning advice is just an ivory tower. Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:55:45 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/582#comment-619 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/582#comment-619 John, this is an interesting proposition, and a necessary one. I'm an American, and I am studying in China now, but will go to Europe next. Tom Friedman's most recent article in the New York Times is that the US and China form the exact partnership you're talking about between Europe and China. He seems to think America should send a GreenCorps of engineers to China, to show them how to green their industrial processes and rural areas. I wonder if there will be some competition to green China once other countries realize the huge investment opportunity. Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:34:17 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/582#comment-589 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/582#comment-589