China calls for easing of tensions with US for climate cooperation

dpa Beijing China and the United States need to improve their strained relations in order to fight climate change, according to Beijing. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a video meeting with the US climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday while he is in Tianjin for talks, China's Foreign Ministry and the US State Department both confirmed in separate statements Thursday. "Major strategic miscalculation by the United States has resulted in the sudden deterioration of bilateral relations in recent years," Wang said after the talks, state news agency Xinhua reported. "The ball now is in the US court," he said….