Xi Jinping Made "Big Mistake" Skipping COP26: Joe Biden Slams China
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US President Joe Biden accused China's leader Xi Jinping of walking away from a gigantic issue by skipping the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, slamming the world's largest emitter of carbon emissions for "not showing up".
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday accused China's leader Xi Jinping of walking away from global leadership aspirations by skipping the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
"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 told a news conference in Glasgow.
"It just is a gigantic issue and they walked away. How do you do that and claim to be able to have any leadership?" Biden said, adding that the same was true for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"It's been a big mistake, quite frankly, for China not showing up. The rest of the world looked at China and said 'what value are they providing?'," Biden said.
