SHANGHAI ¨C Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi has warned the United States that political tensions between Beijing and Washington could undermine efforts by the world¡¯s top two sources of greenhouse gas to cooperate in the fight against climate change.
China¡¯s state councilor and foreign minister told U.S. climate envoy John Kerry via video link on Wednesday that the two sides¡¯ joint efforts to combat global warming were an ¡°oasis,¡± according to a foreign ministry statement published late on Wednesday.
¡°But surrounding the oasis is a desert, and the oasis could be desertified very soon,¡± he said. ¡°China-U.S. climate cooperation cannot be separated from the wider environment of China-U.S. relations.¡±
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