Except… who knew? That China had “cooperation with the U.S. on climate change”. If one can call photo ops with the sepulchral John Kerry, U.S. climate Czar, “cooperation”.
In any case China is doing its own thing on climate change, and it’s not a little. It has the largest programs of new nuclear (150), new solar and new wind programs, than the rest of the world combined. (Though the same is true of coal fired stations. Then again, Germany is reopening coal mines and plants). China has clear goals to decarbonise electricity production. Goals that strike me as more attainable than the “net zero” fantasies policies of many.
“Cooperation on tackling drugs trade” (the bit I underlined above): what cooperation? China is the major supplier of Fentanyl which kills 200,000 Americans a year. There is zero evidence that they are making any serious attempt to control this. To the extent that there are voices in the US calling for it to take out Fentalaabs in China. It’s a serious and underreported issue.
