#US and China agree to cooperate on new climate agreement

#US and China agree to cooperate on new climate agreement

“#US and China agree to cooperate on new climate agreement” SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with urgency, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue.  The agreement was reached…

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#Disrespecting Joe Biden and other commentary

#Disrespecting Joe Biden and other commentary

“#Disrespecting Joe Biden and other commentary” Foreign desk: Disrespecting Joe While “the left may control the media narrative, it’s not fooling Xi Jinping or Vladmir Putin into thinking President Joe Biden is strong,” snarks The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway: Putin “challenged Biden to a debate about US history,” and Xi “had his people yell at US…

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#Disrespecting Joe Biden and other commentary

#Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks

“#Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks” WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, speed up and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking…

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#US goes wobbly under Biden: Goodwin

#US goes wobbly under Biden: Goodwin

“#US goes wobbly under Biden: Goodwin” As metaphors go, it will be hard to top President Biden falling up the steps of Air Force One. He went down not once, not twice, but three times before scrambling to his feet.  That was bad enough, but a silly White House excuse made it worse. Wind gusts…

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#Biden’s gift to Beijing’s spies and propagandists

#Biden’s gift to Beijing’s spies and propagandists

“#Biden’s gift to Beijing’s spies and propagandists” On one front, at least, President Biden is already giving Beijing a gift — even if that’s not his motive. His “Not Trump” rule seems to be a higher priority than checking China’s power: Why else nix the last president’s mandate requiring schools and universities to disclose any…

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#Nevertheless, Xi persisted — with Biden’s support

#Nevertheless, Xi persisted — with Biden’s support

“#Nevertheless, Xi persisted — with Biden’s support” If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, what does it mean when a phone doesn’t ring? This philosophical chestnut recurs whenever a new American president phones his allies and clients or, if you’re Joe Biden, when the calls are to your deepest frenemy…

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#Biden speaks with China’s Xi for first time since taking office

#Biden speaks with China’s Xi for first time since taking office

“#Biden speaks with China’s Xi for first time since taking office” President Biden on Wednesday spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time since taking office. The two world leaders spoke by phone, with Biden raising several concerns over the economy and human rights. “President Biden underscored his fundamental concerns about Beijing’s coercive…

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#China’s Xi warns against ‘New Cold War’ in keynote address

#China’s Xi warns against ‘New Cold War’ in keynote address

“#China’s Xi warns against ‘New Cold War’ in keynote address” ​Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned ​in​ his virtual keynote address to world leaders at Davos on Monday against beginning a “new Cold War” in remarks that appeared​ to be a shot aimed at President Biden, who has spoken of strengthening global alliances​ to counter Beijing’s growing influence.​…

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#Trump’s parting shot to Xi should be recognizing Taiwan

#Trump’s parting shot to Xi should be recognizing Taiwan

“#Trump’s parting shot to Xi should be recognizing Taiwan” President Trump’s two greatest foreign-policy accomplishments both involve departures from outmoded paradigms that had, for decades, enraptured bipartisan neoliberal elites: unprecedented Arab-Israeli rapprochement in the Middle East and an assertive China containment strategy in the Asia-Pacific. On the former front, Trump boldly departed from the misbegotten…

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