Searched YouTube for the actual video of He Yafei bashing U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern for stating that funding would not be going to China.
Stern had been quoted as saying: "I do not envision public funds, certainly not from the US, going to China. We would intend to direct our public funds to the neediest countries." (Also quoted here.) He noted that "China -- to its great credit -- has a dynamic economy, and sits on some two trillion dollars in reserves. So we don’t think China would be the first candidate for public funding." Needless to say, the Chinese were not pleased.
Stern had been quoted as saying: "I do not envision public funds, certainly not from the US, going to China. We would intend to direct our public funds to the neediest countries." (Also quoted here.) He noted that "China -- to its great credit -- has a dynamic economy, and sits on some two trillion dollars in reserves. So we don’t think China would be the first candidate for public funding." Needless to say, the Chinese were not pleased.
Here's a CCTV report on the same spat: http://english.cctv.com/program/newshour/20091212/101174.shtml.
BONUS VIDEO - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs threatening to pull out of a meeting when American journalists are blocked from entering a US-China meeting.
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