Chinese media criticise the West for not "assuming responsibilities" on climate change

Chinese cities are among the most polluted in the world

Media criticise the West for not "assuming its responsibilities" on climate change, amid a major UN meeting on the issue

Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli told a UN summit on Tuesday that Beijing wanted emissions to peak as soon as possible, without giving a timescale.

Speaking at the same forum, US President Barack Obama said climate change was moving faster than efforts to address it, and the US and China had a responsibility to lead other nations.

Commenting on a Global Carbon Project report showing that China's per capita carbon emissions have surpassed those of the European Union, theChina Daily notes that the report "does not tell the whole story".

"China and the EU cannot be compared in such a simple way, given their different stages of development and economic situation," Zou Ji, a professor at the National Centre for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, tells the paper.