US-China Thaw Shifts Mood in Glasgow: FT

It took more than 30 meetings over the course of a year to iron out one thing that the US and China can still agree about: fighting climate change, the Financial Times reported.

John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua, the US and Chinese climate envoys, referenced those meetings as they reached a climate détente in the final days of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, despite conflict in almost every other arena.

Military tensions remain high, for example, with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week warning against a return to the era of a Cold War after China conducted hypersonic weapons tests in the summer and escalated its activities around Taiwan.

Read the full report: Financial Times

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.