True, China was never going to give an inch.
They will always reserve the right to produce and consume as much energy as necessary to advance the Chinese economy according to their wishes.
This will never change. The Chinese own the US through Treasury debt, and all Zer0's interactions with the Chinese consist of him crawling in on his knees and begging the Chinese to continue buying US debt, nothing else.
The Chinese own Zer0 and they own the outcome of any UN climate conference now and in the future.