Searching for signals on climate change policy

US think tank representative says she looks to Beijing for 'safety net' amid White House's indifference

Melanie Hart, senior fellow and director of China policy at the Center for American Progress think tank, has spent much of the past year studying how to sustain and broaden China-US collaboration on climate change.

She wants to find out what signal China will send out on the climate front in the upcoming two sessions, given US President Donald Trump's lack of enthusiasm in this area.