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No monkeying around: China state control threatens climate agenda
2016-02-08 12:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: As fireworks light up the sky for Chinese new year, not everyone is celebrating. Human rights lawyers are in detention for subversion of state power and a record 49 journalists were jailed last year. Western concerns about the Communist Partys controlling stance have not stopped the two sides working together on climate change. A 2014 US-China agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions is widely credited with unblocking global cooperation on the issue. Beijing is developing bold plans...
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