US President Joe Biden said that Chinese leader Xi Jinping, like Russian President Vladimir Putin, believes that the future of the world is autocracy, not democracy.
US President Joe Biden, during his years as vice president in the Barack Obama administration, held many talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Biden spoke about this on March 25 during his first press conference as president. “GORDON”.
Biden called Xi Jinping “a straightforward and very, very smart guy,” but noted that he had “no democratic bone in his body.”
“He’s one of those guys like [президент России Владимир] Putin, who think that autocracy is the future of mankind, and democracy cannot function in an ever-increasing complexity of the world, “Biden said.
He noted that Xi Jinping called and congratulated him on his election to the presidency.
“We had a conversation. We made it clear that we are not interested in confrontation with China, although we understand that there will be a sharp competitive struggle. In its conditions, we will insist that China do everything according to international rules,” the head of the White House said.
He added that the United States will invest in science and knowledge-intensive manufacturing to compete with China.
At a press conference, he also noted that in the 21st century democracies and autocracies compete with each other, and classified Russia as a state with autocratic rule.
“Russia no longer talks about communism. It stands for autocracy, where decisions are made by one person – the leader of the country,” the US President said.
Xi Jinping has been leading China since 2008, he is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the PRC, the President of the PRC and the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army.
Putin was elected to the post of President of the Russian Federation in 2000. After two terms, in 2008, he moved to the post of head of the government of the Russian Federation, and Dmitry Medvedev became president. In 2012, Putin was re-elected head of state, and then won the presidential election in 2018.
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