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...from his speech underwhelmed. Obama made no mention of specific targets for U.S. emissions cuts at Copenhagen, nor did he agree to attend the summit himself - as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has done. He spent much of his speech focusing on the need for major developing nations like China to make their own moves on climate change, which sounded a little hypocritical after years of American foot-dragging. "It was great to have a visionary speech with the right word from Obama," says Steve Howard, the CEO of the Climate Group, an international nonprofit group focused on global warming...
...China and Japan: The New Green Team If the U.S. is half of the solution to Copenhagen, then China - now the world's top carbon emitter - is the other half. Massively polluting, building a couple of coal-fired power plants every week, China is a convenient scapegoat for American politicians who don't want to make the first move on climate change. But as Hu made clear in his Sept. 22 speech, China is serious about confronting climate change. The country spent an estimated $221 billion in economic stimulus on green initiatives, more than any other nation...
...Meanwhile, China's neighbor Japan came out with the most aggressive carbon-emission cuts in the world. Japan's new Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, pledged to reduce Japan's carbon emissions 25% below 1990 levels by 2020. Although European nations have long promised to cut their own emissions by 20% and potentially more, Japan is the most energy-efficient large economy in the world, and is poised to become a living laboratory for fighting climate change. "I am resolved to exercise the political will to deliver on this promise," said Hatoyama, whose party in recent elections overthrew the Liberal Democratic...
...sudden flurry of conversation about Xi and his future underscores both how little is known about the inner workings of the Party and the fact the Party itself is struggling to adapt to the blinding speed at which China's society and economy are changing. That fact was acknowledged in the otherwise content-free and jargon-laden Communiqué issued at the close of the Plenum. According to the official Xinhua news agency, the Communiqué stated that "many problems exist inside the Party that run counter to new circumstances and the Party's character, which 'are severely weakening...
...succession is not a done deal by any means," says Beijing-based analyst Russell Leigh Moses. "Not every succession process in China goes exactly as planned." In fact, the uproar surrounding Xi's non-appointment may well be overblown anyway, Moses argues, noting that senior Party officials are still trying to put in place concrete rules on succession and other procedures. "They all agree that there is a problem but they can't agree on how exactly to fix it or where to start," Moses says. "I don't see any signs of impatience inside the Party on this issue...