Thom Woodroofe on why climate co-operation could be the key to improving Sino-American relations
Here’s hoping John Kerry makes it to Beijing, says the former climate diplomat
THERE IS TALK of President Joe Biden’s climate envoy visiting China in the coming weeks. If the trip goes ahead, John Kerry will be the second senior American official to hold talks in Beijing in under a month. The recent visit of Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, secured the resumption of some of the bilateral dialogues suspended by China after Nancy Pelosi, at the time the speaker of the House of Representatives, went to Taiwan last year.
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