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May 10th, 2021 3 min read
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Director, Asian Studies Center
As Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, Walter Lohman oversees the think tank’s oldest research center. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, April 23, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker-Pool / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
“The notion that Beijing continues to seek concessions from the United States in return for China’s cooperation on climate change is very well-supported.”
The question is whether the U.S. will give them anything, and what. It could be Taiwan.
Walter Lohman On Taiwan: Climate change, Taiwan and US foreign policy
Two weeks ago, according to the
New York Times, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) told a virtual audience convened by the Council on Foreign Relations that cooperation with the US on climate change depends on the US approach to several hot-button Chinese interests.
For anyone following the way Beijing conducts diplomacy, this is no surprise. Connor Swank, an analyst at the Center for Advanced China Research, which systematically examines official Chinese statements, puts it this way: “Unfortunately, the notion that Beijing continues to seek concessions from the United States in return for China’s cooperation on climate change is very well-supported.”