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Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivers remarks at the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 28, 2015. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
As European countries ponder the reimposition of lockdowns and other drastic measures to confront a second wave of COVID-19, and U.S. officials fear a similar outbreak on this side of the Atlantic, China—where the pandemic originated—has decided to change the subject to climate change.
Bonner R. Cohen is a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, where he concentrates on energy, natural resources, and international relations.