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Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 1979, Sino-US climate diplomacy has experienced many ups and downs. It reached a flashpoint during the Barack Obama administration, and then hit a low during the Donald Trump administration, which abandoned many of Obama's policies apart from pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement. Initially, the Joe Biden administration revived hopes of resuming Sino-US climate cooperation, but those hopes have not materialized.