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China’s top diplomat says Beijing seeks to US to join forces on new energy and new technologies
- Politburo member Yang Jiechi says China puts itself forward to help writing new global rules
- Analysts say groundbreaking technologies and global cooperation are needed to achieve Xi Jinping’s ambitious targets on emissions and carbon neutrality
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Amber Wangin Beijing
China has talked up the prospect of cooperating with the United States and other developed countries on new energy and emerging technologies, despite ongoing tensions between Beijing and Washington over the South China Sea, Taiwan and human rights.
Yang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat and a Politburo member, said China would “expand and deepen practical cooperation with parties, including the United States, Europe and Japan, in various fields such as new energy and new technologies”.
Yang made the comments in an article published in Communist Party mouthpiece, People’s Daily, on Sunday.
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To mark the party’s centenary, Yang called for the ideological divide to be dropped. He said China would firmly uphold and practise multilateralism and “deeply participate in the new round of reshaping global rules”.
Beijing has repeatedly called for dialogue with the US to mend their damaged relationship, highlighting the possibility of joining forces to fight global warming.
Hours after he became US president, Joe Biden signed an executive order returning the US to the Paris climate accord. He has also signed a raft of executive actions, including pausing new oil and gas leases on federal land and cutting fossil fuel subsidies to combat climate change.
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