Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping toast each other during a luncheon in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 14, 2012.
Secretary of State John Blinken and Yang Jiechi, director of the Chinese Communist Party‘s Foreign Affairs Office, spoke recently, breaking a tense standoff between the Trump administration and the Chinese Communist Party that had been long without high-level interaction. Biden also stated that there is “room for cooperation” with Beijing. At the same Time, the Chinese Communist Party media published articles for four days in a row, shouting that China and the U.S. “can’t be broken”.
From Feb. 3, Xinhua News Agency published a series of commentaries for four days in a row, emphasizing that the “interests of China-US cooperation far outweigh the differences” and hoping that the Biden Administration can “put China-US relations back on track.
The four commentaries are titled “The general situation of China-US relations cannot be ruined”, “The bridge of people-to-people contact cannot be torn down”, “The trend of economic and trade exchanges cannot be blocked” and “The road of scientific and technological exchanges cannot be broken”. The article concludes by saying that science and technology containment is an “evil road” and a “crooked road” and that “China and the U.S. cannot and will not break”.
On February 7, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also said in his New Year’s message that U.S.-China relations were “facing a critical point” and that he hoped the two countries would “return to the track of healthy and stable development.
On February 5, Blinken and Yang Jiechi spoke for the first time. Both sides made statements afterwards to show their “tough stance”. But Deutsche Welle’s Chinese tweet said it was just a new round of diplomatic shouting, with nothing new. Before Trump took office, it was the norm for China and the U.S. to shout at each other in their own way.
In his foreign policy speech on Feb. 4, Biden downgraded his characterization of the Chinese Communist Party from “strategic adversary” to “fierce competitor” in the Trump era and said he would work with Beijing if it was “in the interest of the United States. Biden’s team has repeatedly worked with Beijing on this issue.
Previously, Biden’s team has repeatedly stated that the U.S. and China can work together on “climate issues. Beijing has also been very cooperative and recently appointed a climate envoy. Biden’s climate envoy, John Kerry, said he would meet with the Chinese envoy “soon.
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