China Blames West for Increasing Greenhouse Emissions

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"The Chinese government says criticism of the country's carbon dioxide emissions are "unfair," and says western companies manufacturing in China should share the blame. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing.

Qin Gang, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, says Western criticism of China's increasing greenhouse gas emissions is hypocritical, since Western demand for Chinese products is contributing to the problem.

"China is the world's factory," said Qin. "Developed countries moved a lot of manufacturing industry into China. A lot of western consumers, the things you wear, use, and eat, are produced in China. On the one hand you increase the production in China, on the other hand you criticize China on the emission reduction issue. This is unfair.""

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