{"id":1974416,"date":"2023-07-16T12:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T16:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-china-policy-under-scrutiny-as-kerry-set-to-meet-ccp-officials\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T12:28:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T16:28:43","slug":"bidens-china-policy-under-scrutiny-as-kerry-set-to-meet-ccp-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-china-policy-under-scrutiny-as-kerry-set-to-meet-ccp-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry&#8217;s meeting with CCP officials raises questions about Biden&#8217;s China policy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-china-policy-under-scrutiny-as-kerry-set-to-meet-ccp-officials%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974416&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\"\u2064 data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0716\/7f41eb83-7db8-4ae3-adac-cbaf191ae948\/audio.mp3?length=6565869&#038;duration=547\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<h2>President Biden&#8217;s Climate Envoy Arrives in\u200b Beijing\u2064 for Talks<\/h2>\n<p>President Biden\u2019s\u2063 climate envoy John Kerry arrived in Beijing \u2064on July\u200c 16 for three\u2064 days\u2063 of talks, becoming the third \u2064U.S.\u2063 official \u2063to travel to China in less\u2064 than\u2064 two\u2064 months.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>While climate talks will dominate the discussions between Kerry \u2062and Chinese Communist \u200bParty (CCP) officials, it remains \u2062to\u200d be seen whether these talks will \u2062actually lead to \u200can improvement of bilateral ties since there wasn\u2019t \u2064any major\u200b breakthrough following the trips \u200bto \u2064China by Secretary of State\u200c Anthony Blinken\u200d and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kerry \u2064told Congress that\u2064 climate change is pressing, noting\u2062 it\u2019s important for the United States\u2063 and China to find ways to\u200b work together \u2062in addressing it.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2062   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina\u200b is the world\u2019s second-largest \u200beconomy, and as the\u200c world\u2019s largest emitter, \u200bIt\u2019s critical\u200b to \u200dour being able\u200b to solve this problem,\u201d Mr. Kerry said at House Committee on Foreign Affairs subcommittee\u200c hearing on July 13. \u200bFailing to engage with China \u201cwould be\u2062 malpractice of the worst order, diplomatic and political,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Kerry is set to\u2062 meet \u2063China\u2019s special \u200bclimate \u200benvoy Xie Zhenhua as well as other \u2063senior\u200c Chinese officials.\u200c During these \u200dmeetings, Mr. Kerry\u2063 said he hoped they could make progress \u200bin persuading Beijing to \u201ctransition away from coal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China accounts for more\u200c than half, 53 percent, \u200dof\u2063 global coal consumption, according \u2064to a\u2062 2022 <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/coal-2022\/executive-summary\">report<\/a> \u2062by\u2064 International Energy Agency.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Chinese\u200b leader Xi Jinping \u2062pledged to cut carbon emissions, but it won\u2019t\u2064 start until\u200b 2030.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe aim to \u2063have CO2 emissions peak\u200b before 2030 and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-isnt-meeting-its-own-paris-climate-accord-commitments\/\" title=\"France Isn\u2019t Meeting Its Own Paris Climate Accord Commitments\">achieve carbon neutrality<\/a> \u200cby 2060. We call \u2062on all countries to\u200c pursue \u200dinnovative, coordinated, \u200bgreen,\u200c and open development \u2062for all,\u201d Mr. \u2062Xi <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/09\/1073052\">said<\/a> \u2063at the 75th session \u200dof the UN\u200d Assembly in\u200c New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<p>Observers, though welcomed Mr. Xi\u2019s pledge, \u200bdoubted whether the country \u200breally delivered the commitment, \u2064with some even arguing it appeared \u200dto be \u201c<a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinas-push-for-carbon-neutrality-appears-to-be-a-lie_4077691.html\">a lie<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina has no \u2063intention of \u200cdecarbonizing. Although it says it \u2063will reduce CO2 emissions, in \u200dreality,\u200c the Communists\u2019 hold \u200bon power will \u2062slip without the constant \u2062economic\u200b growth that only fossil fuels can\u2063 bring,\u201d researchers said \u2063in \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegwpf.org\/publications\/fossil-fuels-for-china-decarbonisation-for-everyone-else\/\">report<\/a> by Global Warming Policy Foundation, a U.K.-based \u2063nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Currently, \u2063with\u2064 its \u200beconomy \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/in-depth-chinas-economy-is-faltering_5329514.html\">faltering<\/a>, Chinese authorities\u200b continue to approve\u2064 new coal-fired\u200c plants. \u200bIn the\u2063 first three \u2063months\u200b of \u20642023, local\u200b officials have \u200balready\u2064 approved \u200bthe construction\u200c of at \u2063least \u200c20.45 gigawatts\u200c of power \u2062capacity, more than doubled the \u20648.63 gigawatts approved in\u200b the same period last \u200cyear, accordion to recent research\u200b by Greenpeace.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  <\/p>\n<p>In\u200d comparison, \u200dthe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has\u2064 produced \u2063its \u200b<a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/in-depth-biden-epa-proposes-stringent-rules-for-carbon-emissions-from-coal-oil-natural-gas-power-boosting-carbon-capture_5257590.html\">toughest-ever<\/a> \u2064rules for power plants, requiring most fossil \u200dfuel\u2063 power facilities to cut carbon emissions by 90 percent\u2062 before 2035.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden said the United States will slash its\u200d emissions by\u2063 at least 50\u2064 percent compared with 2005 \u2062levels\u2064 by\u2064 the end \u200cof the decade. \u2063Mr. Biden promised to turn \u200dthe United States \u200dinto a \u201cnet zero\u201d contributor to climate change before 2050.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5401744\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n \u2063   \u200c<a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/16\/id5401744-GettyImages-1526473280-1200x837.jpg\"><br \/>\n \u200d\u2063  \u2063<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200c    <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<h3>Republicans Express Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of\u2062 Mr. Kerry\u2019s arrival,\u2063 Republicans and \u2063China\u2063 experts\u200b have questioned\u200d the \u200dBiden\u200d administration \u2064for its\u2062 persistent \u2064efforts to engage China,\u2064 while Democrats have\u2063 come\u200d to\u200d Biden\u2019s\u200b defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m\u200c deeply concerned\u2063 the administration continues to \u2063engage\u200d with the CCP with no\u2062 real results or anything \u200cto \u2062show for\u200b it,\u201d Mr. McCaul said\u2063 during Thursday\u2019s hearing. \u201cCountering China \u200cand their malign agenda \u200bshould be the \u2064top priority\u2062 of the \u200bState \u200cDepartment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200d  <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) \u2063described the climate negotiation as appeasement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Kerry\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-schumer-releases-video-that-features-him-alongside-bds-supporter\/\" title=\"Chuck Schumer Releases Video That Features Him Alongside BDS Supporter\">taxpayer-funded trip<\/a>\u200b to China is another weak attempt to appease \u200ba dictatorship that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-china-policy-under-scrutiny-as-kerry-set-to-meet-ccp-officials\/\" title=\"Kerry's meeting with CCP officials raises questions about Biden's China policy.\">commits pervasive \u200dhuman rights abuses<\/a> and\u2063 oppresses its own people,\u201d said Ms.\u200d Blackburn in a July \u200c13 statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u200bBiden \u200dadministration \u200bclearly cares more about advancing\u2064 its radical Green New Deal agenda than protecting our \u2063national security\u200d interests,\u201d \u200bMs. \u2063Blackburn added. \u201cRather than \u200bcooperating with our greatest\u2063 adversary in the name\u200d of \u200ccombating\u2064 climate change, the U.S. \u200bshould focus on hampering \u200dBeijing\u2019s\u200c goal \u2064of achieving \u200dglobal domination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. \u200cAshley\u2062 Hinson\u200b (R-Iowa) made\u200b similar \u200bcriticism, saying Kery\u2019s \u2062visit is a continuation of \u201cBiden\u2019s \u2062Beijing appeasement tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe \u200dneed\u200b to\u200d stand up to the CCP,\u200d not reward\u200c continued bad behavior,\u201d \u200bMs.\u200c Hinson wrote on Twitter on July 13.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200c<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5342604\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n \u2062 \u2064  <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/19\/id5342604-GettyImages-1258811493-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n   \u200d<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2062  \u2062 <\/a><br \/>\n  \u200c<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>yield any significant progress on climate cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2189,"featured_media":1974417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}