Biden and Xi Seek To Re-Open Lines Of Communication.
President Biden is in Asia and meeting separately with the Chinese Premier with hopes of mending some fences. (NY Times)
“In their first face-to-face meeting as top leaders, President Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, signaled an openness on Monday to repairing a bilateral relationship that has sunk to its lowest point in half a century, amid tensions over Taiwan, technology, the war in Ukraine and starkly divergent visions of the global order.
“I look forward to working with you, Mr. President, to bring China-U.S. relations back to the track of health and stable development for the benefit of our two countries and the world as a whole,” Mr. Xi told Mr. Biden at the start of their summit in Indonesia. Mr. Biden said it was important to “manage our differences” and “prevent competition from becoming conflict.””
The Biden Administration is seeking to normalize relations with the other World superpower in hopes of stopping a small conflict from escalating into armed aggression. US/Sino relations have been in the dump for several years as China tries to assert itself on the World stage and in particular seeks to unify Taiwan with mainland China the way it did with Hong Kong 25 years ago. America and China have an extraordinarily complex economic relationship that benefits both nations which sets the back drop for diplomatic relations and thus both nations are vested in being on at least speaking terms.
