China accuses US of deflecting blame as diplomatic row shifts to climate change

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BEIJING: A senior Chinese official on Wednesday (Oct 28) accused the United States of deflecting blame and breaking its word when it comes to ...

BEIJING: A senior Chinese official on Wednesday accused the United States of deflecting blame and breaking its word when it comes to fighting climate change, as the simmering diplomatic row between the world's two biggest economies shifts to the environment.

But China's foreign ministry said last week that the United States was a"consensus-breaker" and"troublemaker" and had failed to honour its commitments to the international community.After Trump accused Beijing of"rampant pollution" during a United Nations General Assembly meeting in late September, his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping vowed to steer his country towards"carbon neutrality" by 2060 and play a bigger role in combating climate change.

"Some countries find it difficult to implement," said Xie, who headed China's climate negotiating team until 2018."Why? Because they are electoral governments and can plan for only four or five years and after that, don't know whether they will still be in power." China is targeting the launch of a nationwide emissions trading scheme during the period from 2021 to 2025, Li said, signalling another delay for the long-awaited carbon trading platform.

 

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