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New US President Biden had a telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time on Wednesday (February 10) evening. According to a statement from the White House, Biden first congratulated the Chinese people on the Spring Festival and then expressed to Xi Jinping the US concerns about China’s “intimidating and unfair” economic policies.
The White House statement stated that Biden emphasized during the call that his first priority is to protect the safety, health and lifestyle of the American people, while keeping the Indo-Pacific region free and open. Biden also expressed to Xi Jinping his concern about the Chinese authorities’ crackdown in Hong Kong, the human rights violations in Xinjiang, and the increasingly harsh attitudes towards Taiwan and elsewhere.
The official Chinese news agency Xinhua stated that Xi Jinping told Biden that China and the United States “cooperation will benefit both and fighting will harm both.” Cooperation is the only right option for both parties. The Xinhua News Agency also quoted Xi Jinping as saying that Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang are China’s internal affairs and related to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The United States must respect China’s fundamental interests and act with caution.
Biden had already had phone conversations with leaders of many countries, including traditional allies like Canada, Britain and France, as well as with Russian President Putin.
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During the presidential campaign, Biden described Xi Jinping as a “rogue.” But he had a close relationship with the current Chinese leader. Biden met Xi Jinping during his visit to China in 2013.
According to the Xinhua news agency, during the call, Xi Jinping pointed out to Biden that China and the United States, as permanent members of the UN Security Council, have special international responsibilities and obligations. Both sides must follow the global trend, jointly maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, and make historic contributions to promote world peace and development.
Xi Jinping also believes that China and the United States will have different views on some issues. The key is to respect each other, treat each other as equals, and manage them properly and handle them constructively.
The White House statement indicated that the two exchanged views on handling the new corona pneumonia epidemic at the same time, and discussed issues such as global health, climate change and preventing the spread of weapons.
In 2019, the American flag appeared at the Hong Kong rally site many times, with protesters holding up slogans in the hope that former President Trump could “liberate Hong Kong.”
The White House statement referred to Xi Jinping as “president,” similar to what former President Trump did in the early days of his term and in the Obama years.
In the latter part of Trump’s term, former Secretary of State Pompeo and other top US officials once changed their name to Xi Jinping as “secretary general.” At the time, the analysis believed that most of the Chinese presidential office translated as “president” in the English context. As with the English translation of the US president, the US authorities renamed Xi Jinping “Secretary General” to distinguish him from the elected leader of the United States. opened.
At the time, the US State Department did not directly explain why it changed its name. He only issued a short statement declaring that “the People’s Republic of China is a totalitarian country ruled by the Communist Party and Xi Jinping is the party’s general secretary.”
