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June 22, 2007

China attributes pollution to being 'world's factory'

  • It says rich nations are hypocritical for moving manufacturing to China and then criticizing its CO2 emissions.
    • By ANITA CHANG
    Associated Press Writer

    BEIJING — Developed countries are hypocritical for criticizing China's greenhouse gas emissions while buying products from its booming manufacturing industry, Beijing said Thursday.

    The country was seeking to defend its environmental record after a report said it had become the world's top carbon dioxide emitter.


     
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