9th December 09

The Age

China forges new emissions axis with India

A CHASM has widened between the countries most crucial to a new climate treaty, China and the US, over whether the developing superpower will accept international scrutiny of its greenhouse gas emissions.

Sydney Morning Herald

Pressure on China and the US to better offers

COPENHAGEN: The stand-off between the big players at the United Nations climate conference is deepening, with European leaders calling on the US and China to improve their offers significantly before leaders arrive next week for the climax of the summit.

Asia Times Online

Trouble in China's little Africa
By Kent Ewing

HONG KONG - In order to tap into Africa's rich mineral and oil resources, China has injected billions of dollars in aid and investment into the continent while at the same time giving a free pass on despotism and human-rights abuses to nations such as Zimbabwe and Sudan. Chinese merchants and laborers are also increasingly a presence.

Africa warns China: Money is not enough
By Yitzhak Shichor

The fourth ministerial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which was held in Sharm al-Shaykh (Egypt), last month, reflected, as anticipated, praise for Sino-African "cooperation" in general and particularly for the positive Chinese role in Africa.