In negotiations about climate change, China has participated as both a cooperator and a defector. To explain China's contradictory attitude, this article examines both international and domestic factors. Although international linkages played an important role in earlier stages, their influence was significantly limited by domestic constraints as the negotiations deepened.

Keywords:
climate change, China politics, Kyoto Protocol, epistemic community, environmental negotiations
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2006
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