Joe Biden and Xi Jinping will try to ease the tension

“competition management” : The expression reflects the entire strategy of the United States toward China. She was appointed again by National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on November 10. The latter spoke to the press about the framework in which he will meet US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday, November 14 in Bali (Indonesia) on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. Countries.

This will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two presidents since the election of the US leader. But the frequency of their talks – five since January 2021 – indicates the importance of bilateral dialogue, despite the deep mutual mistrust and diverging interests that characterize Sino-US relations. They fear each other, lend them hidden intentions, and believe in the weaknesses of the opposing model.

In its National Security Strategy, published on October 12, the US administration presented China as “The only competitor who intends to reshape the international system.” On November 9, the day after the midterm elections, Joe Biden made it clear that both men would reveal their bags. “Red lines” In all folders. No tangible progress or joint press release is expected. For its part, Beijing has been evasive about this meeting, which was presented as a ‘American proposal’. “The world needs to know how the two most important countries can coexist and cooperate to manage global challenges.”write the China daily.

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Following the visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in early AugustIn Taiwan, China has broken certain channels of dialogue with the United States, particularly on climate and military issues. But, at the highest level, these contacts resumed very quickly to prepare for a head-to-head confrontation. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and his counterpart Wang Yi met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 23. A week later, they had another phone interview. On October 28, Wang Yi received the new US ambassador to Beijing Nicholas Burns.

Since the end of the 20^e The Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which gave him a third mandate as general secretary, in October, Xi Jinping never stopped insisting on the need to be loyal to Marxism and Mao Thought. “Update is not weird”, noted in early November, in Beijing. The ambiguity surrounding the final results of the elections in the United States, due to the local characteristics of the counting process, allows official propaganda to discover a weakness there. The American system is sick.announced it Global Times. On the other hand, China has reacted little after the unprecedented restriction of exports of advanced electronic chips, decided by the White House in October. A major decision in the trade battle between the two countries and a blow to China.

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