China Wrecked the Copenhagen Talks
So says a British writer present in one of the large session meetings.
And not only wrecked the talks, but did so with a conscious display of disdain toward the West generally and President Obama personally.
I saw Obama fighting desperately to salvage a deal, and the Chinese delegate saying “no”, over and over again. … Here’s what actually went on late last Friday night, as heads of state from two dozen countries met behind closed doors. Obama was at the table for several hours, sitting between Gordon Brown and the Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi. The Danish prime minister chaired, and on his right sat Ban Ki-moon, secretary-general of the UN. Probably only about 50 or 60 people, including the heads of state, were in the room. I was attached to one of the delegations, whose head of state was also present for most of the time.