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BEIJING: Chinese diplomat Wang Yi called on the administration of US President Joe Biden to work with Beijing to reopen dialogue between the two countries and restore a damaged bilateral relationship under President Donald Trump.
Wang, speaking at a forum in Beijing on Monday (February 22), said that the Trump administration’s actions to suppress and contain China inflicted immeasurable damage, and called on Washington to remove tariffs on Chinese goods and abandon it. which he said was an irrational suppression of the Chinese Tech Sector.
Wang, China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister, also urged Washington to respect China’s fundamental interests, stop interfering in Beijing’s internal affairs and stop “colluding” with separatist forces for Taiwan’s independence.
“In recent years, the United States basically cut off bilateral dialogue at all levels,” Wang said in prepared remarks translated into English.
“We are willing to maintain sincere communication with the American side and participate in dialogue aimed at solving problems.
Wang pointed to a recent call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Biden as a positive step.
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The comments come with the bilateral relationship at its lowest level in decades.
Washington and Beijing have clashed on multiple fronts, including trade, allegations of human rights crimes against Muslim Uighur minorities in the Xinjiang region, and Beijing’s territorial claims in the resource-rich South China Sea.
However, the Biden administration has signaled that it will keep the pressure on Beijing.
Biden has expressed concern about Beijing’s “coercive and unfair” business practices and has backed the Trump administration’s determination that China has committed genocide against Muslim minorities in the western Xinjiang region.
