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Aerial photo workers inspect equipment at a wind power photovoltaic field in Ulanhot, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia, China, May 23, 2023

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Climate and Environment

Advocate of the Global South, global provider of green tech: China has come to dominate the climate discourse

Johanna Krebs

Comment

Dec 12, 2025

Xie Zhenhua, China special envoy for climate, speaks during a session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

China at COP28 + UAE between US and China + Evergrande reprieve

MERICS China Essentials

Dec 07, 2023

China Representative, Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liu Zhenmin, speaks during a discussion panel in Alliance of Slamm Iceland States (AOSIS) Pavilion during the COP28, UN Climate Change Conference, held by UNFCCC in Dubai Exhibition Center, United Arab Emirates on December 3, 2023.

Climate diplomacy in turbulent times: EU and China re-engage

Barbara Pongratz

Comment

Dec 04, 2023

China and the COP28

Nis Grünberg

Press release

Nov 30, 2023

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Nis Grünberg

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State-party relations; elite politics; China’s sustainable development

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Alexander Brown

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Industrial policy; foreign economic policy

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