U.S.-China relations wind: U.S.-China climate envoy meet but not talk private secret meeting?

Biden‘s climate change envoy, John Kerry, participated in a ministerial meeting on climate action under the United Nations framework on March 23, marking the official return of the United States to the Paris climate agreement.

Then-Secretary of State John Kerry holds his granddaughter in his arms as he signs the Paris Climate Change Agreement at U.N. headquarters on April 22, 2016

But the much-anticipated talks between U.S. and Chinese envoys still did not happen at this meeting until March 25.

Previously, senior U.S. and Chinese diplomats met in Alaska for the first Time since Biden took office, and after publicly denouncing each other’s policies, the two sides said they would cooperate on climate change issues.

Experts point out that the divisive atmosphere of the Alaska talks may make it more difficult for Washington to cooperate with Beijing in the field of climate change.

Apollo.com commentator Wang Dulan said that the failure of the U.S.-China climate envoys to meet at the ministerial meeting is also an indication of the extent to which U.S.-China relations have been in touch lately, a public windfall. But Biden’s cabinet all have close ties to the Chinese Communist Party, including Kerry, and it is not known whether there were secret meetings in private.