Integrity Score 162
No Records Found
No Records Found
No Records Found
The US has realized the need to listen to China and come to acknowledge its role and expectations. That's the broad narrative being pushed by the Communist Party-controlled media in China after the talk between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The exchange between the two was their second since Biden took office, and first in seven months. [https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035661306/biden-chinese-president-xi-jinping-phone-call]
The fact that the phone call took place at the "U.S.' request" has been highlighted in the media to show that Washington may be seeking a way out of the turmoil in the relations. Some Chinese experts also see this as a diplomatic victory for China. It has successfully held back the Biden administration's efforts for a breakthrough by pressuring China through State Department and other channels. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202109/11/WS613be2f8a310efa1bd66ebfe.html]
Analysts in China claim that the Biden call shows Washington's "growing anxiety and need" for China's cooperation on key global issues such as Afghanistan, climate change, fight against Covid-19, economic ties and others.
While the White House said in a statement that Biden and Xi "had a broad, strategic discussion in which they discussed areas where our interests converge, and areas where our interests, values, and perspectives diverge," the Chinese government says that Xi "pointed out that for some time, due to the U.S. policy on China, the China-U.S. relationship has run into serious difficulty. This serves neither the fundamental interests of the people of the two countries, nor the common interests of countries around the world." [http://in.china-embassy.org/eng/zgxw/t1906035.html]
The phone call has come within weeks of U.S. climate envoy John F. Kerry visiting China and failing to win concessions on climate change ahead of the international conference in Glasgow in November. China had clarified that cooperation on climate change and the tensions between the two countries cannot be seen as two different things. [https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202109/1233243.shtml]
It has to be seen if the Biden call will thaw the relations leading to a face-to-face meeting between him and Xi during the G-20 summit in Rome in October.
Read more:
The Chinese perspective:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202109/1233921.shtml
Is it a breakthrough?
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/09/11/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/biden-xi-china-us-breakthrough/