As our London chapter kicks off their annual Climate Series with a Q&A with Isabel Hilton of China Dialogue, we invited climate reporter Karoline Kan to share her thoughts on recent developments in China-U.S. climate cooperation and China's climate policy.

Sam and Karoline talk about the Leaders Summit on Climate, cooperation versus competition, and China's 14th Five-Year-Plan and carbon market.

Karoline's reading recommendations:

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Karoline Kan is a longtime climate journalist and author of Under Red Skies, a memoir of China's changing society through the eyes of her family. Kan is the 2019 winner of our Young China Watcher of the Year Award.

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The YCW Podcast is a podcast series by Young China Watchers. We’re a global community of young professionals, providing a platform to discuss the most pressing issues emerging from China today. We organize events with China experts in our 10 chapters across Asia, Europe and the U.S., fostering the next generation of China thought leaders.

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