== China no. 1 emitter. == 

 While China may have become the no. 1 emitter in 2006. The data that you quote are to premature to be used here. If you read the MNP press release  which is the one that the reference you cite comes from - you will find that its a preliminary result based upon incomplete data and trend analysis: 

 Please wait for the official data to come out. Its a good headliner - but not certain enough to be used here yet. (and for that matter unverified).