Guardian – Chinese leaders are eager for more influence on the international stage and the US has created a void it could fill
China’s President Xi Jinping may see advantages to be had with America’s withdrawal from climate change agreements. Photograph: JASON LEE / REUTERS / POOL/EPA
As Donald Trump walked off the stage in the Rose Garden after announcing the US would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, one could practically hear the champagne corks popping in Beijing.