Workers at a recycling centre located on the outskirts of Beijing receive materials from collectors amongst piles of recyclable items August 4, 2009. China's government is very keen to see its emissions of greenhouse gasses peak, but lifting tens of millions out of poverty must remain its first focus, the country's climate change ambassador said on Wednesday. China still has around 150 million people living in poverty if it uses the United Nations benchmark of those living on US$2 a day or less, however, China sets its domestic benchmark for absolute poverty slightly lower. Picture taken August 4, 2009. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA BUSINESS SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)
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