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US Secretary of State Blincoln and Communist Party of China Politburo member Yang Jiechi spoke with Yang Jiechi. This is the first high-level dialogue between the two sides since the Biden government took office. The lines reveal the heart of the relationship between the two parties. .
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a telephone conversation with Yang Jiechi, a member of the CPC Political Bureau in charge of foreign affairs.
In announcing the news, the Chinese Foreign Ministry stressed that Yang Jiechi had a telephone conversation with Brinken “on a date,” indicating that this call was initiated by the United States.
In fact, before Brinken’s call with Yang Jiechi, he also held an internet conference on Friday (February 5) with the foreign ministers of the UK, France and Germany. The content involved Iran, China, Russia, Myanmar, climate change, and the new corona epidemic. This teleconference is also the first foreign affairs ministerial meeting between the United States and the top three European allies in the past three years.
After the meeting, US State Department spokesman Ned Price stated that the foreign ministers of the four countries “determined the central position of transatlantic relations in dealing with security, climate, the economy, health and other thorny global problems. “
Price also said Brinken “emphasized the determination of the United States to take coordinated action to overcome global challenges.”
Regarding this high-level contact between China and the United States, the statements of the two sides after the meeting may explain the crux of the bilateral relationship at this stage.
How does China express it?
The Chinese Foreign Ministry press release used a lot of space to express Yang Jiechi’s views during the call:
- China urges the United States to correct “mistakes”, uphold the spirit of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation, focus on cooperation and manage differences;
- China and the United States must respect each other’s central interests and their respective political systems and development paths, and each must manage its own affairs well;
- The Taiwan issue is the most important and sensitive central issue in Sino-US relations, and concerns China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The United States must strictly abide by the one-China principle and the three joint Sino-US communiques.
- Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet and other matters are China’s internal affairs, and external forces are not allowed to interfere;
- The international system with the United Nations at its center “must be maintained.”
Judging from the press release from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Brinken only expressed his views on the “One China Policy”, that is, the US position on this policy has not changed.
How does the United States express it?
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US Secretary of State Blincol contacted the foreign ministers of many countries when he took office. A day before the call with Yang Jiechi, he promised the foreign ministers of Great Britain, France and Germany that the United States would face international problems in a coordinated manner with them.
The content released by the United States after the meeting did not mention China’s most important “One China Policy” involving Taiwan.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price revealed that while Brinken conveyed his best wishes for the Chinese New Year to Yang Jiechi, he also said:
- The United States will continue to defend human rights and democratic values, including pressure on China on issues such as Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong.
- He also called on China to join the international community in condemning the military coup in Myanmar.
- The United States will work with allies and partners to defend “common values and interests” and threaten China’s stability in the Indo-Pacific, including actions in the Taiwan Strait and responsibility for China’s weakening of the international rules-based system.
The impression that China and the United States left on the outside world?
The international media has widely reported on this high-level dialogue between China and the United States.
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Before calling Brinken, Yang Jiechi spoke in a video dialogue from the National Committee on US-China Relations, saying that the US had strategically misjudged China.
Britain’s “Financial Times” believes Brinken “criticized China” in his first phone call, and before warning China, “the Biden administration has delivered a series of harsh speeches in the past two weeks, showing the new president’s intent. of the United States “. . Take a hard-line policy towards Beijing. “
Al Jazeera’s report on its English website mentioned that Brinken was nominated to serve as the United States secretary of state. When questioned in Congress, he said the United States will continue to be tough on China, calling this a “rare consistency between the Trump administration and the Biden administration.”
The CNN report focused on China’s rhetoric, saying that Yang Jiechi had a “tough attitude” toward the new US Secretary of State.
China International Television CGTN directly quoted Yang Jiechi’s words in the title: “Everyone will do their thing.”
In many media reports, in the first dialogue between US and Chinese diplomatic officials after Biden took office, whether related to human rights issues from China or international concerns about the situation in Myanmar, all insisted and they showed nothing signs of a relaxed relationship.
This situation is quite far from Yang Jiechi’s hopes for Sino-US relations in another speech before the call with Blincoln.
When Yang Jiechi attended the National Committee on US-China Relations video dialogue on February 2, he believed there was a “misjudgment” in US policy toward China and “viewed China as a major strategic competitor. or even an opponent. “
He yelled at the United States that he hoped the two countries would “build a model of peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation among the great powers.”
