Hopes are building that China will take the key role in tackling climate change amid the policy uncertainties of the Trump presidency in the US, but a veteran Chinese climate diplomat has warned Beijing might have a different understanding of what “leadership” means. Zou Ji, from the National Centre for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, said “in the context of Western media reports”, leadership meant China was expected to pledge deeper emission cuts and…
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The Communist Party’s decision-making Politburo has pledged to streamline and tighten the benefits for serving and retired party and state leaders, including housing, offices, holidays, vehicles and staff, state media reported. A document passed by the Politburo at its monthly session on Wednesday stipulated that party and state leaders should have the correct standard of housing and vehicles, the right number of staff and a limited number of holidays each year, according to Xinhua. The…
With US president-elect Donald Trump threatening to build a wall on the Mexican border and force Asian allies to increase defence spending, Beijing is busy luring countries across the eastern hemisphere into its orbit. President Xi Jinping, who is consolidating his power at home, is planning to host a big “One Belt, One Road” summit in China next year, sources close to the central government told the South China Morning Post, adding that the event…
China has given about 400 billion yuan (HK$450 billion) in development aid over the past six decades to 166 countries and international organisations, the State Council said on Friday. The amount, disclosed in a white paper, is far less than the European Union and its members gave for just last year, but sheds light on China’s eagerness to boost its status on the global arena through aid. The paper did not give a breakdown of…