China: China Firm on Climate Change Policy ahead of International Negotiations.

Section: General News - China, one of the world's top polluters, has again said that developed nations should help it, and other developing economies, reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Chinese officials say they will have trouble cutting the country's use of polluting coal without cash and technology from rich countries. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing.

A new policy paper released Wednesday repeats China's stance that developed nations did the most damage to the planet historically so should therefore shoulder the most responsibility.

It says rich countries should transfer high-technology equipment for reducing greenhouse gases to developing nations. …