Climate envoy John Kerry in China for talks as U.S. seeks to raise relations from historic low

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Open this photo in gallery: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry speaks in Berlin, on May 3.MICHELE TANTUSSI/Reuters U.S. climate envoy John Kerry was holding talks Monday with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing, as the U.S. seeks to restore contacts that were disrupted by disputes over trade, Taiwan, human rights and China’s territorial claims. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Kerry was meeting with Xie Zhenhua for the first extensive face-to-face climate discussions between representatives of the world’s two worst climate polluters after a nearly year-long hiatus. China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of coal and has proceeded with...