China says climate talks with US a success

BEIJING - China said on Thursday that climate talks with the United States had been a success, following high-level diplomacy aimed at strengthening cooperation between the world's two largest greenhouse gas emitters. The talks between the top officials come ahead of a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week, where the two powers are seeking to improve ties after years of frosty relations. Beijing's Ministry of Ecology and Environment said the talks - between US climate envoy John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua - "ended successfully" on Wednesday. The two sides "engaged…