Why China, India and Russia want to be bought off for the Paris Climate PR Spectacle

JoNova (Australia)

Figure how the equation looks for China:

1. how do I hobble my competitors, steal their factories, and sell them more of my goods?
2. how do I collect more of their pointless guilt payments (carbon credits etc)?
3. and how can I look like a hero in the West at the same time?

Answer to all three: smile at the press conference, and pander to the global extremists in words only. Do token efforts and turn the guilt screws on the West as appropriate."