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Will China use climate change as a bargaining chip?
Beijing shows signs of changing tactics ahead of the COP26 conference.
- Publishing date
- 06 October 2021
- Publication date
- 06 October 2021
Read the full article published in English in Nikkei Asia and in Spanish in El Economista.
- Keyword
- decarbonisation climate change
- Country
- China
- Language
- English
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