[lbo-talk] Enough With the China Shtick Already!

[James Heartfield]

Dwayne makes the point that his friend tended to shift the blame for carbin 
emissions onto the Chinese (and even claimed "our consciousness about the 
critical issues is higher than in many other parts of the world -- including 
China.").

The discussion over capping carbon emissions does rather lend itself to 
Great Power rivalries, and therefore economic nationalism, since it raises 
the possibility of enforcing an effective limit on the industrial ouput of 
rival economies, as I argue here:

James Heartfield
Eco-imperialism at the Bali summit?
After Bali: Are Western powers offsetting their industrial growth by 
blackmailing poorer countries to foreswear development? One writer thinks 
so.
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/4196/