“The United States is not looking for a conflict with China,” US President Joe Biden said in a meeting with senior military advisers on Wednesday (26) after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, there was a major staff reshuffle: Chinese President Xi Jinping took power and Xi’s army was fully in power.
Biden said the US will continue to lead on a range of issues, from the Russia-Ukraine war to climate change to the Indo-Pacific. “The United States is not looking for a conflict with China and Chinese leader Xi Jinping knows this,” Biden said.
On the same day, US Secretary of State Blinken said in a forum at Stanford University that the United States and China are not involved in a technological cold war, but that the United States only wants to safeguard its national interests.
Referring to the situation in the Taiwan Strait, Blinken believes that China has decided not to accept the status quo of the situation in Taiwan and has begun to increase pressure on Taiwan, including insisting on the possibility of using force.
US State Department spokesman Ned Pric stressed on Monday: “The US side takes note of the conclusions of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, but the US side will maintain its attitude towards China.” G20 Summit) to hold talks.
Kevin Rudd, the former prime minister of Australia and current president of the Asia Society’s Policy Institute, called on Wednesday at a business forum in Taipei for Taiwan to engage in dialogue with the Chinese head of state to resume diplomatic dialogue. and political to discuss the future of the two sides of the strait.
