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China Urges Balance on Environment, Economy in Antarctica


BEIJING — A Chinese leader on Tuesday urged international representatives to strike a “proper balance” between environmental and economic interests in Antarctica, as the frozen continent’s vulnerability to climate change raises worries that some nations could seek to exploit its natural resources.

China is seeking to carve out a greater role in determining the continent’s future while hosting delegates from more than two dozen nations that have agreed to an Antarctic protection treaty.
Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli — who sits on the Communist Party’s all-powerful, seven-member Politburo Standing Committee — told participants that the fate of Antarctica’s fragile environment bears on human …read more

Source: The News

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