China Refuses Mandatory Caps on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

According to Ma, global warming has come about as an effect of 200 years of industrialization, unrestricted, in the West, and that now it is unfair to impose upon unindustrialized nations mandatory emissions caps. This applies to China as well as other underdeveloped countries. He stated, "It is neither realistic nor fair to ... overlook the different stages of development that different countries are in and to use climate change as an excuse to ask them to undertake quantified emissions-reductions commitments...This would hinder the development of developing countries and hamper their industrialization."

Sources:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/04/china.climate.ap/index.html

http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/06/04/afx3783730.html