On Monday, Jan. 25, Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping attended the World Economic Forum’s “Davos Agenda” dialogue by video message and said world leaders should strengthen global cooperation. His remarks were interpreted as a “shout-out” to the United States. The White House responded on the same day, saying Xi’s speech would not change the Biden administration’s policy toward China.
Xi said in his speech that countries around the world should strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination and enhance the role of G20 countries in global economic governance. He added that the international community should govern according to the rules and consensus reached by all countries together, and not be dictated by one or a few countries, and opposed to the new cold war, decoupling, disconnection and sanctions by other countries in the international arena. Xi also mentioned in particular that scientific and technological achievements should not be used as a means to restrict and curb the development of other countries. He opposed the use of epidemics to “de-globalize”.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki responded that the U.S. is in fierce competition with China and that Xi’s remarks will not change the Biden Administration‘s strategic approach to China, and that Biden will be “patient” with the U.S.-China relationship.
What we’ve seen over the last few years is that China (the Chinese Communist Party) has become increasingly authoritarian at Home and increasingly assertive abroad,” Psaki said. Now it is challenging our security, prosperity and values in a variety of ways. This represents a new approach that the United States needs to take in response.” She added that the Biden administration is reviewing a range of regulatory actions involving Chinese investments, as well as a range of relationships. In terms of relations with China, “we want to approach the problem strategically through patience.”
Pushachi said industrial espionage and theft of intellectual property in China remains a concern. The Biden administration will work to ensure that Chinese companies cannot steal and misuse U.S. data. She said, “We need to play a better defense role, and that must include holding China accountable for its unfair and illegal practices and making sure that U.S. technology is not helping to build China’s military.” As for specifics she did not provide, nor did she say whether Biden would continue the Trump administration’s policies toward Chinese companies such as huawei and TikTok.
Commentator Zhong Yuan said Xi Jinping is now presenting himself as an “ally” of the developing world and openly calling out the United States. His real goal is to ask Biden to lift a series of sanctions imposed by the Trump Administration.
Over the past four years, the Trump administration has imposed a series of export restrictions on Chinese high-tech companies, including Huawei, ZTE and SMIC, for national security reasons, and has imposed high tariffs on Chinese goods in the U.S.-China trade war. At the same Time, the Trump administration has also worked to disassociate itself from the CCP regime, making a clear distinction between the CCP and the Chinese people and essentially halting diplomatic activities with the CCP regime. This has directly exposed the legitimacy of the CCP regime and has caused great fear in the top echelons of the CCP.
The U.S. State Department also announced the “Clean Network” program last August, proposing five major initiatives to protect the U.S. critical telecommunications infrastructure: Clean Carrier, Clean Store, Clean Apps, Clean Cloud, and Clean Cable. Clean Cloud and Clean Cable.
Within two days of his inauguration, Biden reversed many of the Trump administration’s policies, including overhauling the media industry. The day after Biden’s inauguration, the new Secretary of State had already removed the “Chinese Communist threat” and 5G-related policy agenda from the State Department website.
However, in an interview with the New York Times after his inauguration, Biden declared that he would not immediately withdraw the Trump administration’s policies and tariffs on China. As for the next direction of Biden’s China Policy, the outside world will have to wait and see.
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