What he s going to do, but he has shown in the past, with hong kong pro democracy protests in 2019, that he really has very little patience for political demonstrations, and little inclination to listen to them. in this case, he may be forced to ultimately sort of change china s approach to covert controls both by the public anger and by damage to the economy, even if he continues to call his covert policy by the same name. find continues to call his covert policy by the same name. and if that s the case, policy by the same name. and if that s the case, that policy by the same name. and if that s the case, that would - policy by the same name. and if that s the case, that would be . that s the case, that would be quite an unusual step for him, wouldn t it? it would be a u turn on a policy he has been so pragmatic about. even when you look at the new leaders he appointed to work with him going forward at the national people s congress, many of whom are really strong zero policy sup
But they are facing a hotter and more hostile climate, so there s real pressure for the talks in glasgow to get somewhere. david shukman, bbc news. it does come down to trust over the course of next two days. in that is running thin at the moment among the developing nations. from one of the countries set to be hit hardest by climate change, to the world s biggest emitter of c02 china. it accounts for 27% of the world s carbon emissions. but president xijinping will not be at glasgow. he s staying away from cop26. we can cross live to beijing and our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. i know that they are sending a delegation here to glasgow. how receptive do you think they ll be to the warnings they get from the international community? well, xi jin - in: international community? well, xi jinping hasn t international community? well, xi jinping hasn t travelled international community? well, xi jinping hasn t travelled anywhere l jinping hasn t travelled anywhere for nearly t