Blinken’s trip to the land of dragons/Washington and Beijing on the path of interaction or confrontation?
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called his Chinese counterpart a “dictator” in a strange and possibly surprising comment. These statements of Biden are strange from the point of view that just 24 hours before, his foreign minister had returned from a trip to Beijing and had consulted with senior officials of the Chinese government, including the foreign minister and the president of China, about a range of issues related to Iran.
According to Reuters, referring to the shooting down of “Chinese spy balloons in the American sky”, Biden said that “the reason why Xi Jinping was upset that I shot down that balloon with two cars full of spy equipment is because he didn’t know it was there.” It’s in America’s sky.) It’s a great shame for dictators when they don’t know what happened. It seems that it was not supposed to come here (the Chinese balloon entered the American sky), which of course became public.
Of course, these statements of the American president faced a sharp reaction from China and Russia. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mao Ning called Biden’s comments “extremely ridiculous and irresponsible,” and the Russian government spokesman also said, “Calling Xi Jinping a dictator proves that Biden is short-tempered.”
Blinken’s Journey to the Land of Dragons
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Beijing on Sunday morning. Blinken is the first senior American diplomat to visit China in the past five years; Blinken’s visit comes amid a chill in bilateral relations and a dim prospect for any progress in the dispute between Beijing and Washington.
Blinken’s trip to China is considered the first visit of the US Secretary of State to Beijing after the visit of former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Beijing in 2018. Pompeo followed the strategy of confronting China after that trip and at the same time as the last years of the presidency of Donald Trump, the former US president, and since then, the Biden administration has continued this radical policy and even in some areas, including Export sanctions aimed at limiting the purchase and use of advanced Beijing-made microchips for “military applications” went further.
In a press conference before his trip, Blinken said that he has three main goals in this trip: to establish mechanisms for crisis management, to advance the interests of the United States and allies, and to talk directly about mutual concerns and explore areas of potential cooperation between the two countries.
The issue of Taiwan and America’s support for these separatists of this island, which China considers a part of its territory, is considered the most important difference between Beijing and Washington. The United States has sold arms packages to the local government of Taiwan many times, and the visit of senior American officials to the island in the past few months has met with China’s anger. During his visit to China, the US Secretary of State met and discussed various issues with the Foreign Minister and the President of China.
China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang said in a meeting with Blinken: China-US relations are at the lowest level since the beginning of diplomatic relations, and this is not in the interest of the two countries. Taiwan is the main issue in China-US relations. Relations between Beijing and Washington are at their lowest level since 1979. However, he emphasized that his country is committed to constructive and stable relations with Washington.
America left the back of Taiwan separatists?
America and Beijing, as two world powers, have differences and tensions in a range of issues, but the clearest and most important current challenge between the two is the “Taiwan issue”. China considers autonomous Taiwan a part of its territory, and the current leaders of Beijing, unlike their predecessors, have openly declared that the annexation of Taiwan to the motherland is a priority in their plans, and in this way, if necessary, they will use force and military force.
During last year’s visit of Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, to the island of Taiwan, the Chinese authorities reacted sharply to the point that the Chinese president, in a phone call with his American counterpart, described it as “playing with fire” that the player It burns with itself.
Beijing has repeatedly warned American officials to refrain from establishing official relations with Taiwan, sending military weapons, and supporting separatist movements in this region; A warning that, of course, has been ignored since Trump’s time.
Despite these differences in Taiwan, the US Secretary of State claimed in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping that “Washington does not support the independence and secession of Taiwan and we agree on the need to stabilize relations with China.” As the Chinese media reported, “Wang Yi”, the senior diplomat and former foreign minister of this country, also warned him in his meeting with Blinken that “there is no compromise or agreement on the Taiwan issue and China will not compromise on this issue.” “The United States must truly adhere to the one-China principle emphasized in the three US-China joint statements, respect Beijing’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and clearly oppose Taiwan’s independence.”
According to CNN’s website, Xi Jinping also said in a meeting with the US Secretary of State: The world needs stable China-US relations and whether China and the US can get along has an impact on the future and destiny of mankind. China respects the interests of the United States and does not challenge or seek to replace the United States. Similarly, the United States should respect China and not harm China’s legitimate rights and interests.
Blinken’s journey and the dark news.
The meeting of the US Secretary of State with senior Chinese officials and the type of their statements seemed to indicate that the officials of the two countries have decided to manage the existing tensions, but this optimism was contradicted by the protest of the Chinese media on the way the news was covered.
Blinken lost to Beijing. The Global Times newspaper wrote about this from the official media of the Chinese government. Simultaneously with Blinken’s trip to Beijing, CNN, The Washington Post, BBC, and other Western media used the technique and technique of black casting to portray the atmosphere of Beijing in a vicious way when Blinken got off the plane. show cloudy and foggy.
