US President Biden slams Xi Jinping for not attending COP26, China hits again

US President Joe Biden expressed his disappointment over China’s absence from the G20 summit whereas talking on the closing press convention on Tuesday.
Biden on the press convention lashed out at China saying, “It was a big mistake for China’s President Xi Jinping not to attend COP26. The rest of the world will look to China and ask what value-added are they providing and they have lost the ability to influence people around the world and all the people here at COP.”
#WATCH: It’s been a giant mistake. The world will look to China & say what value-added they offered. They’ve misplaced the flexibility to affect individuals… right here at COP. Same means I might argue with regard to Russia: POTUS on China, Russia not attending G20 & COP26(Source: White House) pic.twitter.com/AUrLTTn1Wp— ANI (@ANI) November 2, 2021
“The fact that China is trying to assert, understandably, a new role in the world as a world leader — not showing up, come on,” Biden exclaimed accusing Xi Jinping of strolling away from world management. 
Not simply Beijing, however Biden even criticized Russia for skipping the meet. “His tundra is burning — literally, the tundra is burning. He has serious, serious climate problems, and he is mum on willingness to do anything,” Biden remarked whereas talking about Russia. 
“It’s just a gigantic issue. And they walked away,” concluded the US President. 
China retaliates- says US in no place guilty
Biden’s feedback haven’t gone down effectively with China. Beijing issued a clarification on Tuesday saying that their President was not given a chance to ship a video tackle and therefore had despatched a written response as an alternative. 
Reacting to Biden’s criticism, China in its state-sponsored day by day newspaper Global Times alleged that by badmouthing China and Russia, the US has ‘undermined the achievements of the G20 and cast a shadow on the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.’ 
Furthering their counter-attack, China additional reminded the US of its poor efficiency in coping with local weather change. “The US’ biggest problem on climate change is the inconsistency of its words and deeds. There is no plan for how the Biden administration’s emissions reduction commitments will be promoted in the US,” China lashed out in its editorial report. 
Not simply the US, China additionally lamented in opposition to friend-turned-foe, Australia. “Australia is a developed country, as well as a close ally of the US. But as Australia is the leading coal exporting country, it has been holding a twisted attitude toward climate action,” the report learn additional. 
Interestingly, Xi Jinping has not travelled outdoors of China for the reason that starting of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. China’s absence from the local weather summit got here as a impolite shock because the nation is being held answerable for being the world’s largest emitter of carbon emissions answerable for local weather change.
We reported earlier on the Bloomberg report that exposed ‘China is contributing to the increase of toxins in the air more than any country across the globe.’
Even as China’s President Xi Jinping has promised to zero out emissions by 2060, a examine revealed by Rhodium Group in 2019 means that the Chinese corporations emit greenhouse gases greater than all developed corporations mixed.