Chinese President Xi Jinping told United States President Joe Biden that for their countries “turning their backs on each other is not an option”. This was announced by AP
Bilateral relations, the most important “in the world”, were never “smooth” over the past five decades or more, but they continue to make progress, Xi told Biden ahead of their first meeting today in California.
Competition is not the solution to the two nations’ problems, and “the success of one country is an opportunity for the other,” the Chinese leader stressed.
Xi noted that the “serious problems” for the world are that the global economic recovery is “slow” and that “protectionism is on the rise“.
“The relationship between China and the United States, which is the most important bilateral relationship in the world, should be perceived and envisioned in the broad context of accelerating global transformations,” Xi Jinping told Joe Biden.
“Relations between China and the United States they never went smoothly for the past 50 years or more and are always facing problems of one kind or another. Yet it continues to move forward amid twists and turns.
“Planet Earth is big enough for both sides to succeed, and one side’s success is an opportunity for the other,” Xi added.
How Joe Biden and Xi Jinping will smooth US-China relations
Biden and Xi are set to discuss Taiwan, the South China Sea, the Israel-Hamas war, the war in Ukraine, North Korea and human rights.
Biden indicated that it was “of the utmost importance” that the two “understand each other clearly” and make sure that “competition will not turn into conflict“.
According to Biden, some of the “most critical global challenges” are climate change, artificial intelligence and the “war on drugs”.
2023-11-15 21:18:25
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