SubscribeUS Reps, ChicComs Discuss ‘Post-Bush’ Era
From Germany’s Der Spiegel:
Beijing, June 22, 2007
US, Chinese Officials Hold Secret ‘Post-Bush Era’ Meeting
By Gregor Peter Schmitz in Washington
SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that Chinese officials and members of the United States Congress have held a secret meeting without White House participation about the future of Washington’s climate protection policies. Beijing officials are trying to determine what they should expect in the post-Bush era.
A shift in American climate protection policies in the post-Bush era could force China to implement emissions limits.
The deputy chief of the Chinese National Development Reform Commission (NDRC), Xie Zhenhue, met on Wednesday morning with a bipartisan group of Republican and Democratic members of Congress to discuss future climate protection policy developments in the United States, SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned.
Officials held the meeting on the eve of a two-day conference on climate change organized by US President George W. Bush that will bring together the world’s biggest carbon dioxide emitters. Critics expect little to happen at the meeting because of Bush’s waning influence and the fact that the US has pushed for “aspirational” targets rather than mandatory emissions limits.
High-ranking sources close to the participants of the meeting between the Chinese delgation and Congress said the Chinese sought to find out how determined Congress is to push through rigorous climate protection laws in the future. During the discussion, members of Congress made clear that they would soon like to vote on legislation that would set binding emissions limits. However, the members of Congress said they didn’t provide the Chinese with a firm timeline for when this might happen…
Participants in the meeting said later that the Chinese grew evasive when the issue of China’s own contribution to climate protection was raised. The Chinese reportedly said, however, that they were concerned it might no longer be possible for them to delay action in the “post-Bush era.” They had set up the meeting to find out if the US position on climate protection would actually change under a new president.
The members of Congress reportedly informed the Chinese emissaries that legislators soon planned to respond to the American public’s broad support by pushing through climate protection laws.
It still remains unclear whether the White House was informed of the meeting. Nevertheless, it demonstrates the waning importance of the Bush administration in determining future climate protection policy in the country…
Unbelievable!
Strike that.
It is all too believable with our current Congress.
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September 27th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Wow! That photo of Bejing looks like LA on a bad day during the 1970’s!
Somebody tell our Congress to pass laws limiting emissions in Bejing! Now!
September 27th, 2007 at 11:29 am
What’s scary is that global warming is not settled science, yet these clowns are willing to bet the world’s economy that it is and that mankind is responsible. If it is the case, then China, as a huge polluter, must significantly reduce CO2 emissions, India too. If this were to happen, their economy will collapse — it’s fragile now and on the verge of a depression similar to Japan in the 1990’s, i.e. the incredibly high savings rate is a result of currency controls, which means all that savings is going into a very weak banking system where 50% of loans non-performing; not nearly enough consumption to sustain growth without a dependence on foreign trade; a managed exchange rate that keeps the yuan intentionally under valued; and a government that routinely distorts economic news, etc.
What we do know is that strong economies lead to greener environments. For instance, the US absorbs all the CO2 we emit and we use roughly a third of the world’s fossil fuels; the ChiComs, on the other hand, cut down trees to burn for fuel and they have a complete disregard for industrial pollution let alone product quality or workers’ safety. All of these concerns are secondary to economic output, which is why we will not see any significant reduction in pollutants from the ChiComs. Still, the Dummocrats in Congress continue to talk…
September 27th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
India & China are exempt from Kyoto yet they are the worst air-polluters on Earth. But Kyoto’s author has his own reasons for it’s implementation:
“What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of rich countries? And if the world is to survive, those rich countries would have to sign an agreement reducing their impact on the environment. Will they do it? The group’s conclusion is “no.” The rich countries won’t do it. They won’t change. So, in order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring that about? This group of world leaders form a secret society to bring about an economic collapse. ” — Maurice Strong, secretary general, 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development
It has never been about a clean environment… it is about imposing Socialist control.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Wow, look up Maurice Strong in Wikipedia, you find out a whole lot about this man, what a leftist, anticapitalist, ex UN, George Soros buddy, a**hole this guy really is. Such a hipocrite, he is working with Soros to organise export of the Chery chinese car brand, if the term car would actually fit this pile of crap. Goal there is probably to flood the US with cheap s**tboxes to finish off the US car manufacturers, which I can see why Soros would want to be involved too. Can only hope that old age and death finish off these two sooner rather than later.