But how does one measure “endeavour” or “notable”? As someone with close links to the Chinese administration told me when pressed: “What was said was actually pretty meaningless.”
但这都不是真的。胡锦涛主席真正所说的只是中国将“尽力”削减“极大”数量的碳排放。但我们该如何界定“尽力”和“极大”究竟指的是多少？在我的逼问之下，有个跟北京政府关系密切的人告诉我说：“这些话根本就毫无意义。”