Last month (October 22nd 2009) The Economist had a special report about the relationship between China and the US. In the article ‘The price of cleanliness’ the circular reasoning is pointed out that makes solving the environmental challenge in China very difficult:
UPDATE:
China also wants Japan to transfer its patented green technology. Kyodo News International reports via iStockAnalyst, read here: “[Chinese Vice Premier] Li [Keqiang] requested that Japan accelerate the transfer and promotion of environment-related technology to China, while promising that China will ensure that the intellectual property rights of Japanese companies are protected. Japan and China are scheduled to hold a first working-level meeting on intellectual property rights in Tokyo on Nov. 19.“