China’s Xi Jinping to speak at a U.S.-led climate summit on Thursday
2021-04-21 10:59:43 source：CNBC
April 20, 2021
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping will give a speech Thursday via video conference at a global leaders climate summit organized by U.S. President Joe Biden, state media said Wednesday.
Many expected the leaders of the world’s two largest economies — and the largest carbon polluters — to have their first meeting on the sidelines of the summit as tensions between the two countries simmer. Since taking office in January, Biden has called China the “most serious competitor” to the U.S. as he maintains former President Donald Trump’s tough stance on Beijing.
Xi and Biden spoke by phone in February, just ahead of China’s Spring Festival.
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