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Monday, December 27, 2010     GET REAL

China's climate secrecy at Cancun came as blow to strategic arms control advocates

Special From East-Asia-Intel.com

If China's position on international climate change is an indication, future arms control talks with Beijing will be stymied by the communist government's refusal to permit on-site inspectors needed for verifiable arms agreements.

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In Copenhagen and Cancun, site of the two last international meetings on how to address climate change, China's government opposed all efforts to institute a verifiable system to check whether announced goals for factories to reduce greenhouse gas emissions were being met.

As a result, the U.S. and other governments backed down in the face of Chinese pressure from pressing for on-site inspections and instead agreed to reporting and consultations that can easily be used for deception, a common communist tactic.


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China's refusal to agree to foreign verification is a setback for pro-China officials in the Obama administration who are pushing the Pentagon and State Department to engage China in strategic arms control talks and other military discussions.

Beijing's failure to agree to strict environmental monitoring means China's military will be even less likely to permit on-site arms control inspections under a future agreement, the officials said.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has said he would like to hold strategic arms talks with China — like those held with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But so far the Chinese have balked at such talks.



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