Xi – Biden: Nothing fresh under the Sun. No change in the West

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President Xi JinPing took part in the 17th G20 leaders' summit on 14-17 November, which was organised this time on the Indonesian island of Bali. On 14 November, the event took place, which drew all the attention of all participants of the summit and invited media. It was a direct gathering of US president Joe Biden with president Xi JinPing. This was the first specified gathering of both leaders since Biden took office as president (January 2021). They had already spoken to each another 5 times by telephone or video format. Both had the chance to meet in individual at the time Biden held the office of vice president of the United States (President Obama). Biden-Xi gathering in Bali lasted over 3 hours.

According to the authoritative Chinese website:

President Xi JinPing – noted that the current nature Chinese-American relations is not in line with the basic interests of both countries and nations, nor is it gathering the expectations of the global community. The planet is at a turning point in history, and the countries of the planet must both face unprecedented challenges and seize unprecedented opportunities.

He assured that China would do everything to advance Chinese-American relations to return to the way of healthy, unchangeable development, to the "right track" to benefit both countries and the world.

He stressed that China had never tried to change the existing global order, interfered with the home affairs of the United States, and did not intend to pose a challenge or replace the United States. Both sides should be faithful to the ideas of common respect, peaceful coexistence and cooperation beneficial to both parties, while at the same time jointly ensuring that Chinese-American relations are in the right direction, without deviations, without slowing down, without even mentioning possible collisions.

Observance of the basic standards governing global relations and the 3 common Chinese-American communications is key to managing contradictions and differences and preventing confrontation, and is essential for the protection and safety of Chinese-American relations.

Xi reiterated the country's clear position on the issue Taiwan. As highlighted in the Communication, solving this issue is simply a Chinese matter, the interior issue of China and the foundation of their own interests. It is besides the foundation of the political relations between China and America and the first impenetrable in them red line drawn by the Chinese side. Protecting the unity of the homeland and territorial integrity is simply a common pursuit of the Chinese people. Anyone who wants to separate Taiwan from China is acting against the laws of the nation, and the Chinese will never agree to it. China is always aiming to keep peace and stableness in the Taiwan Strait, but the “independence of Taiwan” is contrary to peace as well as guaranteeing stableness in this region. China hopes that the American side will match its words with its actions and follow the policies of 1 China and 3 joint Chinese-American communications. president Xi pointed out that Joe Biden has repeatedly stated that he does not support Taiwan's “independence” and has no intention of utilizing this issue as a tool to search ahead over China, to halt China from developing them, with the hope that the American leader will keep his word.

Xi stated that Freedom, democracy and human rights are the common pursuit of humanity and the Communist organization of China. The United States has American-style democracy, and China has Chinese-style democracy, both consistent with the circumstantial conditions of both countries and nations. No democratic strategy of any country is and cannot be perfect, must be constantly developed and improved. The United States follows the way of capitalism, and China of socialism, both sides follow different paths. However, this is not something peculiar – these differences happen today, they will happen in the future. It is very crucial that China and the United States follow their paths, recognise and respect the choices of the another party, alternatively of imposing, trying to change or undermine each other's systems. The American side should translate its declarations into concrete actions alternatively of saying 1 and doing the other.

Xi JinPing stressed that China and the United States these are 2 large countries with different history, culture, social systems and improvement paths, but this should not be an obstacle to the improvement of Chinese-American relations. There is always competition in the world, but competition should be about learning from each other, catching up and making progress, not relying on the rule that "if you lose and I win, you will die and I will live." China is opposed to politicising and utilizing as a weapon of economic, commercial, technological and technological exchange. The common interests of China and the United States have late not diminished, but have grown. specified partners should not fight, not face and peacefully coexist, which is the most basic common interest of both countries. Differences should not divide, but foster development.

According to the authoritative announcement by the Chinese president Joe Biden He welcomed the first face-to-face gathering and congratulated president Xi on his election for another word as Secretary-General of the PSC. He advocated building constructive relations American-Chinese. He declared that the United States would keep open channels of communication at all levels between the 2 Heads of State and Government, supporting a genuine dialog to strengthen the essential cooperation on crucial global challenges specified as climate change and food security. He stressed that unchangeable and developing China is in the interests of the United States and the world. The United States respects the Chinese system, does not search to change the Chinese system, does not search a “new Cold War”, does not effort to argue China by strengthening alliance relations, does not support “independence of Taiwan”, does not support “two China” and “one China, 1 Taiwan” and does not prosecute a conflict with China. The United States besides does not intend to search “decoupling” from China, to inhibit their economical development, or to decoupling China.

Both leaders they agreed that the diplomatic teams of both parties would keep strategical communication and conduct regular consultations. They agreed that the financial teams of both countries would conduct dialog and coordinate macroeconomic, economical and trade policies. It was agreed that they would work together to successfully implement the United Nations Convention on Climate Change. dialog and cooperation on public health, agriculture and food safety between the 2 countries will continue. A joint Chinese-American working group will be set up to address more circumstantial issues.

Both Heads of State exchanged views on the crisis on Ukraine. Xi JinPing pointed out that China is very afraid about the current situation in Ukraine. In the face of a global and complex crisis specified as the Ukrainian crisis, it should be borne in head that:

First, there are no winners in wars and conflicts;
secondly, there is no simple solution to complex problems;
Thirdly, confrontation between the main powers should be avoided.

China has always stood on the side of peace, will proceed to convince peace, support the thought of dialogue, and so anticipate Russia and Ukraine to resume peace talks and hope that the United States, NATO and the European Union will have a comprehensive dialog with Russia.

W official Chinese communication no passage given by White House, who informed that the presidents had shared their views on the atomic war, which no 1 could win, that specified a war could not be allowed to occur, that they expressed their opposition to the use, or threat of atomic weapons in Ukraine.

There is besides no mention that Joe Biden was to address the Chinese authorities' actions towards the population in XinJiang, Tibet and Hong Kong), as well as their non-market economical practices.

But it is known that conflict areas remain. They have not been solved, but at least in direct talks they have defined mutually impossible boundaries in bilateral relations, they have been dismissed for any time by the spectrum of full-scale Cold War (although it continues quietly and will continue), and what is crucial is to keep channels of communication and dialog to avoid conflicts.

It is known that consultations on climate change will resume and that the Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China most likely in early 2023.

That's good. Before the summit there was no hope of a breakthrough in American-Chinese relations, there were besides moments erstwhile it was unknown whether the gathering would come at all.

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Author: 梁安基 Andrzej Z. Liang, 上海 Shanghai, 中国 China

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