Xie Zhenhua, 71, has been China’s top climate diplomat for over a decade. Photo: AFP Xie Zhenhua, 71, has been China’s top climate diplomat for over a decade. Photo: AFP
Xie Zhenhua, 71, has been China’s top climate diplomat for over a decade. Photo: AFP
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China /  Diplomacy

China’s top climate diplomat reappointed as special envoy in ‘tailored move towards the US’

  • Xie Zhenhua has been involved in climate negotiations, including the Paris Agreement, for over a decade
  • Analyst sees it as ‘an effort to ensure the diplomatic channels are there’ with America

Topic |   Climate change
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Updated: 10:08pm, 5 Feb, 2021

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Xie Zhenhua, 71, has been China’s top climate diplomat for over a decade. Photo: AFP Xie Zhenhua, 71, has been China’s top climate diplomat for over a decade. Photo: AFP
Xie Zhenhua, 71, has been China’s top climate diplomat for over a decade. Photo: AFP
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