US President Joe Biden (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping are beckoning each other to go first before examining the honor guard in the auditorium of the People’s Congress in Beijing, China on August 18, 2011, when Vice President and Vice President Xi Jinping, respectively. Beijing = AP Yonhap News
US and Chinese diplomatic leaders hold meetings for the first time since the inauguration of the Joe Biden administration. This meeting is expected to be the first test to determine whether the US-China relations will intensify into a confrontational composition amid tensions or find clues for communication and compromise in the future.
On the 10th, the US State Department said that Secretary of State Tony Blincoln and White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with the Chinese Communist Party’s diplomatic politician Yang Jietz in Anchorage, Alaska on the 18th (local time). Announced. The State Department said, “This meeting will take place after Minister Blincoln visits Japan and South Korea, the two closest US allies,” said the State Department. “At the meeting, we will discuss various issues with China.”
US President Joe Biden (right) is giving a speech on foreign policy at the Washington State Department building on the 4th of last month, while Secretary of State Tony Blincoln is listening. Washington = AP Yonhap News
Minister Blincoln is scheduled to visit Japan and South Korea sequentially on the 15th and 18th with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. After that, Secretary Austin moved to India, and Secretary Blincoln held a meeting with the head of diplomacy in Anchorage on the way back to Washington.
This meeting is of interest in that it is the first direct contact with the US, China, and the US since President Biden took office in January. President Biden made his first phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 10th of last month, and Minister Blincoln also communicated over the phone with Yang Jietz on the 5th of last month. However, this is the first time to have a face-to-face meeting.
The Biden administration has set China’s checks as its first diplomatic goal. President Biden pointed out China as the only US competitor in the’Intermediate Guidelines for National Security Strategy’, which was unveiled on the 3rd. Minister Blincoln has defined China as the largest geopolitical test of the 21st century.
In addition, the US has begun all-round pressure against China in the fields of military, economy, and human rights, and a’Quad, a security council of four countries in the United States, Japan, Australia and India’ is scheduled for Chinese checks on the 12th. Since President Biden’s inauguration, nearly 50 days after the inauguration of China, it is highly likely to continue the pressure offensive at this high-level meeting.
However, the US is also looking for a part to cooperate with China, focusing on climate change. White House spokesman Jen Saki said a day ago, “We are not hiding our concerns about China, but we are also looking for opportunities to work together.” China is also preparing for a battle with the United States and seeking a point of compromise by holding the two meetings (National People’s Congress and China People’s Political Consultation Meeting), the largest annual political event. After the high-level US-China talks on the 18th, the biden administration’s strategic directions related to China are settled, and the diplomatic war in Northeast Asia is expected to rise rapidly.
Washington= Jeong Won Correspondent [email protected]
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