Since Biden was sworn in as U.S. president on Jan. 20, leaders of several countries have spoken with Biden by phone. However, Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has yet to speak with Biden, raising concerns. A reporter recently asked when Biden and Xi would speak, and a White House spokesman said he would wait until the United States had spoken with more allies and partner countries.
In the face of questions from reporters, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Feb. 2 that she could not say when Biden would actually speak with Xi. She also said previously that Biden wanted to build relations with Beijing through “patience” and implied that there was no possibility of talks between the U.S. and China in the short term.
In recent days, senior Communist Party officials have frequently shouted at the Biden Administration, expressing a desire to “cooperate” with the U.S. rather than confront it in a gesture of goodwill.
On January 25, Xi Jinping called on world leaders to strengthen cooperation, which was interpreted as a call for the U.S. On January 26 and 27, CCP Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai also called out the Biden administration for two consecutive days, saying that “the only correct choice for China and the U.S. is ‘cooperation. On Jan. 29, during a meeting with U.S. and Chinese business leaders, Vice President Wang Qishan also called out Biden, saying that “focusing on cooperation and managing differences is the key to promoting stable development of U.S.-China relations.
In a video address to the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations on Feb. 2, top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi repeatedly stressed the importance of U.S.-China unity and cooperation, and criticized the Trump administration’s strategy of promoting “U.S.-China decoupling” and a “new Cold War.
As for the Biden administration, Psaki responded briefly in a question-and-answer session on Jan. 28, saying “Biden will handle the U.S.-China relationship with patience. She said on Feb. 2 that the new Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, would have more levels of engagement with China once he took office. But she also said that the United States would prioritize dialogue with other allies and partners before communicating with China.
A State Department spokesman also said at a press conference on Feb. 2 that the U.S. government will prioritize cooperation with China on a number of issues, including climate change, and that the U.S. will achieve the goal of ensuring consistency with its allies on this issue before considering engagement with China in a number of areas.
Despite this official attitude, Biden has signed a number of executive orders in favor of the Chinese Communist Party since taking office, such as taking down the State Department’s website on topics such as the Chinese Communist threat and 5G, banning the federal government from saying “China virus,” and delaying the ban on investment in Chinese Communist military companies, among others. In addition, the Biden administration did not send any counter-attack messages to the recent provocative behavior of Chinese military aircraft harassing Taiwan and conducting naval exercises in the South China Sea, but only emphasized the policy of “strategic patience” with the Chinese Communist Party.
Therefore, the outside world believes that even if the Biden administration is verbally tough in dealing with U.S.-China relations, it is only an appearance, and in actual action, it is likely to go back to the old road of “appeasement” towards the Chinese Communist Party.
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