{"id":38910,"date":"2024-04-27T09:38:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T09:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=38910"},"modified":"2024-04-27T09:38:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T09:38:52","slug":"choose-between-stability-and-downward-spiral-china-tells-blinken-during-beijing-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=38910","title":{"rendered":"Choose between stability and \u2018downward spiral,\u2019 China tells Blinken during Beijing trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CNN:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese leader Xi Jinping said the US and China should be \u201cpartners rather than adversaries\u201d as he met with top American diplomat Antony Blinken in Beijing\u2019s cavernous Great Hall of the People on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting, which took place on the final day of Blinken\u2019s three\u2013day visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/china\">China<\/a>, comes as the two countries seek to continue to stabilize rocky relations and expand communication \u2013 including on a host of contentions from technology to Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChina would like to see a confident, open and prosperous United States. We hope that the United States will view China\u2019s development in a positive light,\u201d Xi told Blinken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnce this fundamental problem is solved \u2026 Sino-US relations will truly get better and move forward,\u201d he said. \u201cChina and the US should be partners rather than adversaries; help each other succeed rather than harm each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi\u2019s comments&nbsp;come as Chinese officials bristle at actions Washington has taken in the name of national security in the face of an increasingly assertive China, but which Beijing sees as meant to suppress its development. Those have included&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/18\/tech\/us-china-chip-export-curbs-intl-hnk\/index.html\">US controls<\/a>&nbsp;on the export to China of high-tech goods that could have military uses, as well as curbs on US investment in certain high-tech sectors in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden signed a bill that could lead to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/23\/tech\/congress-tiktok-ban-what-next\/index.html\">nationwide ban on the social media platform TikTok<\/a>&nbsp;if the company\u2019s Chinese parent ByteDance doesn\u2019t sell it \u2013 legislation Beijing has previously decried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blinken told Xi the US was \u201ccommitted to maintain and strengthen lines of communications\u201d with China and \u201cdeal responsibly with our differences,&nbsp;so we would not have any miscommunications, misperceptions and any miscalculations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples of recent progress Blinken cited included \u201crestoring military-to-military communications, counternarcotics and thinking together about the futures of artificial intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their meeting followed five hours of face time between Blinken and counterpart Wang Yi, which both sides characterized as \u201csubstantive and constructive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN: Chinese leader Xi Jinping said the US and China should be \u201cpartners rather than adversaries\u201d as he met with top American diplomat Antony Blinken in Beijing\u2019s cavernous Great Hall of the People on Friday. The meeting, which took place on the final day of Blinken\u2019s three\u2013day visit to China, comes as the two countries seek to continue to stabilize rocky relations and expand communication \u2013 including on a host of contentions from technology to Taiwan. \u201cChina would like to see a confident, open and prosperous United States. 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