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China’s top climate negotiator used the U.N.’s ongoing climate conference to spread Chinese Communist Party propaganda about Taiwan, as climate envoy John Kerry holds out hope that Beijing will undertake climate cooperation talks in good faith.
Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua falsely claimed during a speech at the COP27 conference in Egypt today that China had provided Taiwan assistance to implement climate-related initiatives. The comment was intended to convey the sense that Beijing has sovereignty over the island.
“Within the policy of One China, we have provided assistance to Taiwan to implement climate policies,” Xie said, according to a Straits Times report today.
That claim is false because Beijing has not in fact provided that sort of assistance, Taiwan’s presidential office told the paper in a statement. Taiwan’s presidential spokesperson also said that Taiwan doesn’t need China’s help on that front: “Taiwan’s goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 far exceeds China’s commitments on climate change.”
The incident demonstrates that Beijing views global climate diplomacy efforts as an effective channel through which to advance its goals in other areas.
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