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Beijing has played climate cards beautifully

In the frantic round of talks ahead of Copenhagen, Beijing’s negotiators can take comfort from the fact that the real pressure on climate change is being felt in other capitals ...full story at Financial Times

from Financial Times on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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