China Ready to cooperate with the United States to solve regional problems and global challenges, Xi Jinping Before the third conversation with the president, he said in a letter Joe Biden next week.
The speech of the Chinese leader was delivered by the ambassador Qin GangOn Tuesday, the country’s highest envoy to the United States attended a grand meeting of the National Committee on US-China Relations in Washington, DC.
Xi Jinping stated that the bilateral relationship between the world’s two largest economies “is at a critical historical juncture”, adding: “Cooperation will benefit both, and struggle will hurt both.”
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese President has not left China in the past two years. He called cooperation between the two countries “the only correct choice.”
According to the news released by the Chinese Embassy, ”China is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the United States in various fields, and jointly respond to regional and international issues and global challenges, while properly managing differences.”
According to reports Bloomberg With Reuters, officials in Washington and Beijing are still discussing the exact date for the Biden-Xi Jinping virtual summit scheduled for next week. Following the telephone conversations in February and September, this will be the third time the two leaders have spoken this year.
Under the leadership, American and Chinese officials rarely meet this year, although it is believed that there is an urgent need for regular contact to avoid miscommunication, especially when tensions increase, to avoid misjudgments.
Lower levels of participation are happened at Almost at Pentagon With the Chinese military, but only two face-to-face conversations were made public– March meeting Anchorage, Alaska and National Security Advisors meeting in Zurich in October Jack Sullivan Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.
The competition between China and the United States in technology, trade, and the international arena continues, but the frequent deployment of the armed forces of both sides to the international waters and airspace around China has also increased the possibility of accidents.
At COP26 in Scotland last week, Biden admitted that this relationship is risky, but he emphasized that the US-China relationship is about “competition, not conflict.” The president stated that he will ensure that there is “no misunderstanding” between him and China’s Xi Jinping.
Biden said that Xi Jinping’s decision not to attend the G20 meeting in Rome and the United Nations climate change summit in Glasgow was “Blunder“Analysts have predicted that it is possible to hold the much-needed Biden-Xi Jinping meeting off the court.
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although stay tuned Regarding China’s expanding nuclear arsenal and disagreements with Beijing over relations with China TaiwanThe Biden administration emphasized the urgent need to cooperate with China to reduce carbon emissions. At the same time, Chinese officials have hinted that the working relationship to address climate change will depend on the United States taking the first action to repair the tense bilateral relationship.
Chinese Ambassador Qin said at an event in September: “The United States should not expect China to cooperate in areas where only the United States has needs and interests, while ignoring or even harming China’s interests, especially on these core issues. China’s sovereignty and Territorial integrity.”
Although Biden was in his first year in office White house Perhaps frustrated by the lack of substantial contact with China, the resumption of dialogue and the reopening of communication channels have marked improvements in relations and changes in the multi-domain confrontation that defined the Trump administration’s last year.
According to a Bloomberg report, the virtual meeting between the presidents next week will not discuss whether to reopen the US Consulate in Chengdu and the Chinese Consulate in Houston, which were closed in a diplomatic dispute in July 2020.This question is likely to appear on the list of requirements Beijing looks forward to U.S. compliance.
