November 16, 202302:00
The summit between the occupant of the White House and the leader of Beijing definitively establishes the resumption of dialogue at all levels between the two countries
Photogallery – Thaw between the USA and China, the meeting between Biden and Xi in San Francisco
The meeting between Biden e Xi Jinping a San Francisco it does not represent a reset, but a resumption of dialogue at all levels, including military, to, as the American president told his Chinese counterpart, “ensure that competition does not lead to conflict” and “responsibly manage the competition” between the two countries. A handshake, a face to face that serves to start the thaw.
Xi: “The world is big enough for both the US and China to succeed” “Global peace and development” are the two summit tracks indicated by Beijing on the eve of the meeting, the first in person after a year but the seventh between the two leaders, who have known each other since 2011, when both were vice presidents. “The world is big enough for the coexistence and success of China and the United States – Xi said when meeting Biden -: bilateral relations between the two countries are the most important and it would be unrealistic for one of the parties to try to reshape the other”. For the United States and China “turning their backs is not an option”, added the Chinese president, underlining how relations between the two countries have never been easy “in the last 50 years” and how, despite having to face various problems they are always “move forward”.
“China has no plan to replace the United States, and the United States should have no plan to suppress China: the two countries should promote mutually beneficial cooperation,” Xi said.
The Taiwan node Balancing tests then on Taiwan. For Xi, reunification with Taiwan “is an unstoppable process” and represents “the most important and delicate issue in relations between China and the United States”. “The United States should take concrete actions to honor its commitment not to support Taiwan’s independence, stop arming Taiwan, and support the peaceful reunification of China,” the Chinese president added. Biden, according to a US official, made it clear that the US position is to maintain peace, stability and the status quo in Taiwan, asking Xi to respect the ongoing electoral process.
Biden: “Xi is a dictator” “Xi Jinping is a dictator in the sense that he is the one who leads a communist country.” Joe Biden said this at the end of the press conference following the face-to-face meeting with the Chinese president. Biden highlighted with the Chinese president “the universality of human rights and the responsibility of all countries to respect international commitments on human rights”. The House reports it
Bianca, noting that the US president has raised her concerns about China’s human rights abuses, including those in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong.
Xi: “The US should remove unilateral sanctions” Xi then addressed the issue of the sanctions imposed by Washington on Beijing, underlining how these “regarding export control, investment verification and unilateral sanctions seriously damage China’s legitimate interests”. The Chinese president then explained that he believes “it is important that the US takes China’s concerns seriously and takes tangible steps to lift unilateral sanctions in order to provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese businesses”. China’s development and growth, “guided by its intrinsic logic, will not be stopped by external forces,” Xi added.
The climate agreement The first agreement was found on the climate, a few hours before the summit, when the USA and China signed a joint declaration in which they committed to working together against “one of the greatest challenges of our time”, intensifying cooperation on methane and supporting global efforts to triple renewable energy by 2030. The document is silent on the use of coal and the future of fossil energy but in any case it is a positive signal, also in view of the imminent Cop28.
The agreement on the fight against Fentanyl According to a US administration official, quoted by the American media, Washington and Beijing have reached an agreement with which China will launch a crackdown on the production and export of the chemical precursors of Fentanyl, the low-cost synthetic opioid that reaps tens of thousands of victims every year in the USA. In exchange, Washington could lift sanctions against the forensic science institute, accused of collaborating in the repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang, even if the White House has assured that human rights in China, including the repression of the Uighurs themselves, are among the priorities of Biden.
Restoration of the military hotline Among the results assumed to have been achieved on the eve, the restoration of the military hotline, canceled by Beijing after the controversial visit of the then speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in 2022. A commitment to limit the use of artificial intelligence in nuclear weapons is also expected.
Xi’s return to America Xi had not set foot in the US since 2017, when Trump was in the White House. Biden welcomed the Chinese president – whom he had previously defined as “a dictator” – in a location kept secret by the parties until the end, for fear of disputes: the historic Filoli estate, 40 km south of San Francisco. It is here that the leaders of the two superpowers have sought possible meeting points on the main bilateral and global dossiers, even if there is no shortage of divergences and the respective teams will have to continue to discuss.
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