on the other hand ica unlike measurement reporting and verification mrv of developing countries own mitigation actions ensures continued differentiation among developed and developing country parties and thus does not put china on a par with developed countries in terms of responsibilities one strand in that debate holds that as china becomes a major power it needs to cooperate with other emerging countries such as brazil south africa and india this lens is particularly interesting to apply to climate diplomacy within the basic group china deepens its bonds with three countries that face similar development dilemmas while sill having the option of using basic as a forum to discuss differences amongst themselves by doing this the basic countries can check positions against each other and perhaps more easily pursue a joint front on issues on which they agree