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Climate Makes This Cold War More Dangerous Than the Last
In the decades ahead, the US and China will likely suffer more loss of life and property from transnational threats than from a war over Taiwan.
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Though it may be depressing, it’s hardly surprising that neither US President Joe Biden nor his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are attending the United Nations climate conference that opens in Dubai this week. Despite their recent agreement to resume dialogue on climate issues, the leaders of the world’s two largest emitters appear convinced that tensions in the Sino-US relationship limit how closely they can work together.
In fact, those frictions should make both rivals more, not less willing to cooperate on joint challenges.