China will cut its greenhouse-gas emissions in a "transparent" way but will not accept direct international supervision, dpa quoted the country"s deputy foreign minister as saying today. The pledge came just hours after US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged China to be transparent on the issue. The Chinese response signalled a potential narrowing of the differences between the two make-or-break players in the talks. "We promise to make our actions transparent. We promise that the implementation of these actions will be under the supervision of the law and the media," Hu Yafei told journalists in Copenhagen, speaking on behalf of Premier Wen Jiabao. Before his speech, negotiators said that China was fighting fiercely to prevent any independent international inspection of its greenhouse-gas emission levels. Hu echoed that stance on Thursday, saying that his country was willing to explain its emissions levels internationally, but only on a voluntary basis and in a way that did not allow foreign powers "intrusive" rights into China"s sovereignty.
