big growing country, TONS of pollution

Black days of coalminers in China. The situation is getting worse and there doesn't seem to be too much evidence that the government takes this development seriously enough, and most importantly, that they do so quickly enough. The country is running severe risks of permanently damaging farmland, air and the people on its steady course of becoming strong economic power, but it is not willing to give that up just for the sake of cleaner air. The report (mentioned in the last link) states that China feels that greenhouse gas is caused and must be paid for and repaired by wealthy western countries. Might this be because China is feeling held back when being asked by western countries to take care of their greenhouse gas production?

Then you can start wondering what our primeminister can do to change it. This is from the talks they had when he was visiting China on March 26th:

"Both sides also exchanged views on environmental protection and climate changes. They agreed to set a cooperation framework on environmental protection to better scheme long-term collaboration between the two countries. Stoltenberg said the environmental problems in today's world were largely caused by the industrialization of developed countries which have obligation to fund developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emission. Norway would like to help China achieve this goal by increasing investment and technique transfer, he said. Wen said China supports the Kyoto Protocol, though it does not set gas emission reduction targets for developing countries. "China has always observed its obligation with a responsible attitude," Wen said, pledging the country is ready to work with the international community including Norway to cope with climate change and green house gas emission, improve energy efficiency and tap clean energy."

When our primeminister says he wishes to help paying for China, will China then ever stop hiding behind this argument and take responsibility for what they are doing?