Confrontational and zero-sum mindset harms relations
Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the US presidential election, has been busy talking about national security by mostly mocking her Republican rival Donald Trump in a manner akin to late-night talk show hosts.
Like all politicians who like to take credit but not the blame, she said early this month: "I wrestled with the Chinese over a climate deal in Copenhagen." Yet this is a credit she certainly doesn't deserve.
China's strong resolve to fight pollution and climate change is not a result of outside pressure, but the desire of its people. In Washington last week, Nick Stern, chair of Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, praised China for being a global leader in the fight against climate change and for its ambitious goals in the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20).
