#China's President Xi Jinping will attend a virtual #climate summit this week hosted by #US President Joe Biden, the Chinese foreign ministry said Wednesday, as political tensions between the two countries remain high. Xi will give an "important speech" at the meeting, the statement said, which comes days after climate envoys from the two countries met in Shanghai and pledged to cooperate on the pressing issue of climate change. FRANCE 24's Charles Pellegrin tells us more.

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