China, doing their part to contain GHG

[DanaC]

Countries act in their own interest first and foremost. They act in the wider interest only if it doesn't clash severely with their own interests. At this point in China's industrial development they can make a good case for the wider good conflicting with their own self interest. AS a country that's been through that stage of industrial development and now has enough of an industrial base to begin making changes, we can take more account of the wider good. That said, even with those good intentions we are unlikely to make any of the targets we were shooting for.