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 The motivations for China’s new energy and climate policies  / Olivia Boyd, ANU, East Asia Forum, 14 Aug. 2012http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/08/14/the-motivations-for-chinas-new-energy-and-climate-policies/The motivations for China’s recent energy and climate change policies are far more complex than the stereotypical view of China as a country bent on the pursuit of economic growth at all costs would allow. Since the release of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan in 2006, China has reduced its energy intensity (energy used per unit of GDP output) by almost 20 per cent. China has also set carbon intensity targets and is experimenting with carbon pricing. In less than a decade its renewable energy industry has grown from a very low base to a position of world dominance...