Axios is reporting that Climate Envoy John Kerry was absolutely humiliated on his recent trip to China to discuss climate issues:
Btw the lines: When John Kerry visited China last week, senior officials lectured him & rejected Biden's proposal to deal w climate as a freestanding issue.. They didn’t grant him a high level in person meeting — a courtesy they recently gave the Taliban. https://t.co/vPQAwHPCFB
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) September 10, 2021
The Taliban. They treated the Taliban better than Kerry:
The Biden administration has spoken in broad strokes about its plans to deal with Beijing — a "whole-of-government approach," lots of coordination with allies — but has made little tangible headway thus far. Officials say they're still reviewing their China strategy.
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) September 10, 2021
So Kerry flew all the way to China for a Zoom call?
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Chinese diplomats relegated Biden climate czar John Kerry to a Zoom conference the same day China joined Taliban leaders in a photo-op to pledge "friendly relations" with the terror group. https://t.co/44rrziefOg
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) September 8, 2021
Chinese officials also reportedly told Kerry that America has to “correct your wrongdoings” before talks can go forward in any meaningful way:
Correct your wrongdoings, then we’ll really talk! Bad bilateral ties are still America’s fault, Yang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat, told the US climate envoy John Kerry, who visited China. https://t.co/6Woe9Ul5wA
— Diana Choyleva (@choyleva) September 10, 2021
Or, here’s a thought. . .
How about NO?
"China told John Kerry, the US climate envoy who was visiting for talks last week, that the climate issue could not be divorced from the “serious miscalculations” Washington had made in its wider relations with Beijing."
Deny lab leak and we will play?https://t.co/GHcfqhx9f6
— Matt Ridley (@mattwridley) September 8, 2021
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