Posted on 09/10/2021 10:53:43 AM PDT by bitt
China on Friday attempted to portray the latest phone call between President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden as evidence that Beijing has the upper hand in increasingly contentious relations between the two countries, noting the U.S. initiated the exchange as it has for most other recent high-level talks.
Their call, the second between the two leaders since Biden became president, "highlighted Washington's growing anxiety and need for China's cooperation on key global issues including climate change, COVID-19 fight and Afghan issues," China's English-language Global Times, considered a mouthpiece for the Chinese Communist Party, wrote in a post Friday morning, citing a series of local analysts.
It emphasized multiple times what it considers the "huge pressure" Biden now faces amid a series of mounting international crises that require at least some form of coordination between Washington and Beijing: fallout from the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Western-backed government's shocking collapse, gloomy new public health assessments amid the troubling rise of the delta variant of the coronavirus, rising tensions in the western Pacific as an emboldened Beijing exercises its growing economic and military power, and the ravaging effects of climate change that have been particularly evident across the U.S.
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The big guy wants a 20% cut rather than 10. Maybe they should just meet at 15%.
Heck Biden probably talks to his Chinese overlords on an hourly basis.
How much was the big guy promised this time..30 percent..40 percent..and why did Biden talk to Xi last night at all, asking for Xi’s advice on putting the unvaccinated into concentration camps
since Biden became RESIDENT,... Nuff said!
You have to do the opposite.
That’s just really scary>>>>>>>>>>>
You should be scared.
The idiot has the nuclear codes.
Bingo, the Chinese own Biden.
And as long as he plays ball with them, they won't blow the whistle on him.
Braindead is a tool of the Chicoms.
And as long as he plays ball with them, they won’t blow the whistle on him. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
My concern is that like every lefty liberal, if he loses to much face, he will decide to vindicate his sordid self by using the nuclear codes.
ANYONE on a phone call with Biden has the upper hand. Xi should dial back his crowing a tad.
“Follow your script, Mr. Biden, or the horrors on your son’s laptop will become front page news in America”.
A ten year old could get the upper hand on Joetato.
I’ll bet the call was frustrating for Xi though. Imagine trying to have a coherent conversation with the First Retard through a translator.
Hell yes they have the upper hand. China bitch-slaps this administration.
On who? After getting humiliated in Afghanistan, he's turned his dictatorial wrath on the people of the United States.
White House short press release (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/09/readout-of-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-call-with-president-xi-jinping-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/):
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The two leaders had a broad, strategic discussion in which they discussed areas where our interests converge, and areas where our interests, values, and perspectives diverge. They agreed to engage on both sets of issues openly and straightforwardly. This discussion, as President Biden made clear, was part of the United States’ ongoing effort to responsibly manage the competition between the United States and the PRC. President Biden underscored the United States’ enduring interest in peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and the world and the two leaders discussed the responsibility of both nations to ensure competition does not veer into conflict.
China’s more complete press release (https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/t1906035.shtml):
On the morning of 10 September 2021, President Xi Jinping took a phone call from U.S. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The two leaders had candid, in-depth and extensive strategic communication and exchanges on China-U.S. relations and relevant issues of mutual interest.
Xi Jinping first expressed sympathy to Biden and the American people over the human and economic toll in multiple places in the United States caused by Hurricane Ida. Biden appreciated the expression of sympathy.
Xi Jinping pointed out that for some time, due to the U.S. policy on China, the China-U.S. relationship has run into serious difficulty. This serves neither the fundamental interests of the people of the two countries, nor the common interests of countries around the world. China and the United States are respectively the biggest developing country and the biggest developed country. Whether they can handle their relationship well bears on the future of the world. It is a question of the century to which the two countries must provide a good answer. When China and the United States cooperate, the two countries and the world will benefit; when China and the United States are in confrontation, the two countries and the world will suffer. Getting the relationship right is not optional, but something we must do and must do well.
Xi Jinping highlighted an ancient Chinese poem, “Mountains and rivers may block the way, yet another village will appear amidst willow trees and blooming flowers.” Since the ice was broken in bilateral relations in 1971, China and the United States have cooperated with each other and delivered tangible benefits to countries around the world. With the international community facing many common challenges, China and the United States need to show broad vision and shoulder great responsibilities. The two countries should look ahead and press forward, demonstrate strategic courage and political resolve, and bring China-U.S. relations back to the right track of stable development as soon as possible for the good of the people in both countries and around the world.
Xi Jinping elaborated on China’s position on climate change and other issues. He stressed that China continues to prioritize ecological conservation and pursues a green and low-carbon path to development, and has taken the initiative to actively shoulder international responsibilities befitting China’s national conditions. On the basis of respecting each other’s core concerns and properly managing differences, the relevant departments of the two countries may continue their engagement and dialogue to advance coordination and cooperation on climate change, COVID-19 response and economic recovery as well as on major international and regional issues. In the meantime, the two sides may tap more potential of cooperation to inject more positive dynamics into the relationship.
Biden noted that the world is changing fast. The U.S.-China relationship is the most consequential relationship in the world, and the future of the bulk of the world will depend on how the United States and China get on with each other. The two countries have no interest in letting competition veer into conflict. The U.S. side has no intention to change the one-China policy. It is prepared to have more candid exchanges and constructive discussions with China to identify key and priority areas where cooperation is possible, avoid miscommunication, miscalculation and unintended conflict, and get U.S.-China relations back on track. The U.S. side looks forward to more discussions and cooperation with China to reach more common positions on climate change and other important issues.
Both presidents agreed that in-depth communication between them on China-U.S. relations and major international issues is very important for steering the bilateral ties in the right direction. They agreed to maintain frequent contact by multiple means and instruct officials at the working level to intensify the work, conduct extensive dialogue and create conditions for the further development of China-U.S. relations.
I thought Xi was calling Xiden to thank him for the Bagram Military Base gift.
“Fauci paid them for the bioweapon we call Covid-19.”
Covid-19 was developed as a bio-warfare weapon. Whether it was released accidentally or on purpose doesn’t really matter. Clearly is was an attack on the non-communist world, especially the US and UK.
And I suspect these variants can somehow be traced back to the same Wuhan labs.
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