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China passed US on its rate of carbon emissions. China will pass US per capita carbon emission rate in 5 years.
China 'won't follow US' on carbon emissions
China 'won't follow US' on carbon emissions
Chinese per-capita emissions may reach US levels by 2017, a recent study said.
China's emissions have risen sharply in recent years due to rapid industrialisation, fuelled mainly by coal burning. In terms of national emissions, it has overtaken the US.
But because its population is so much bigger, its per-capita emissions are currently much lower - but rising fast.
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