The United States insisted during the month of June that it wants to responsibly regularize its relationship with China, after US President Joe Biden called his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a dictator during a public event. This has generated disagreement from Beijing, since it considers this comment by Biden to be provocative.
This came just days after Chinese President Xi Jinping and Secretary of State Antony Blinken met for the first time since Joe Biden became president of the United States amid a historic visit to the Americans, in a crucial step for the restoration of ties between the United States and China.
However, Biden’s comment came during a campaign event in California, after referring to the alleged Chinese government spy balloon. Following that, Biden assured that Xi Jinping did not know anything about the device. “That is the shame of dictators, when they know that something has happened,” said the president.
This once again raised tensions between the two countries, even after Blinken assured that the United States has no intention of being part of the conflict that China has with the island of Taiwan, which has been a point of discussion between the two powers since 2022. Even the US secretary of state and the Chinese foreign minister agreed to meet again, but in Washington, on their first official visit to US soil.
Following the comments made by the President of the United States against Xi Jinping, the White House authorities announced this Monday that they will send the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Janet Yellen, to China in the coming days an attempt to cool the tension between the two powers. The representative’s mission is to speak with the Chinese government about the importance of Washington and Beijing managing their relationship responsibly.
This would be Yellen’s first visit to China as Treasury secretary in the Biden government, and is part of the United States’ efforts to improve communication with China and prevent competition between the two countries from escalating into open conflict between the two powers. .
President Xi Jinping told Secretary Blinken when they met in June that the world needs stable relations between China and the United States. In addition, for Xi Jinping, the future of humanity depends on both getting along. “The international community is generally concerned about the status quo in Sino-US relations. They do not want to see conflicts or confrontations between the two countries,” said the president.
With EFE information
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