中国成了谈论气候变暖的热点话题 China crucial in climate talks

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NEW YORK (AP) — It's China's turn on the climate hot seat.

 Last month energy analysts announced that China's booming economy has propelled it past the United States as the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, the atmospheric pollutant that is primarily responsible for global warming. China emitted 8% more carbon dioxide than the United States in 2006, according to a report released in June by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.

The milestone has reignited a perennial debate between developing and developed countries: Who should take responsibility for preventing catastrophic global warming?

At a meeting in Singapore this month of the World Economic Forum on East Asia, delegates from China and Malaysia complained that calls to limit their carbon dioxide emissions are economically unjust.

 "This is green imperialism," protested Malaysia's deputy finance minister, Nor Mohamed Yakcop.