“ What I saw was profoundly shocking. The Chinese premier, Wen Jinbao, did not deign to attend the meetings personally, instead sending a second-tier official in the country’s foreign ministry to sit opposite Obama himself. The diplomatic snub was obvious and brutal, as was the practical implication: several times during the session, the world’s most powerful heads of state were forced to wait around as the Chinese delegate went off to make telephone calls to his “superiors”.
✐ ‘How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room’ — Mark Lynas in The Guardian. Via marbury.
✐ ‘How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room’ — Mark Lynas in The Guardian. Via marbury.
