President Joe Biden delivers remarks on ending the war in Afghanistan, Tuesday, August 31, 2021, in front of the Cross Hall of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
Gordon Chang, 19FortyFive: Joe Biden Should Cancel His Virtual Summit with China
The virtual summit between President Joe Biden and Chinese ruler Xi Jinping, scheduled for Monday evening Washington time, will score a big win—for China.
The two leaders have not met face-to-face since Biden took office. Instead, they have held two long phone calls, on February 10 and September 9. Not much is publicly known about either conversation although it is apparent that neither conversation accomplished much from America’s point of view.
Not much will be accomplished Monday either, at least according to the Biden administration. “This is not about seeking specific deliverables or outcomes,” said one “White House official” to CNBC. “This is about setting the terms of an effective competition where we are in the position to defend our values and interests and those of our allies and partners.”
After decades of intense American engagement of China, the White House comments sound unambitious.
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WNU Editor: Gordon Chang's analysis on how Beijing views these talks is spot on. But this summit is still going to happen, with the Biden administration (I predict) more focused on the process of these talks rather than the content.
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4 comments:
The strong is always threatening the weak.
Gordon Chang is hurting.
Gordon Chang has never been right about anything. Do better WNU.
The guy is a sad hack.
In business they engaged in Kaizen events, 5S, 6 Sigma objects to improve processes to make them kore reliable, faster, less expensive.
Only in government is the the purpose of process is more process.
If you are forever engaged in process, you can never be downsized. In fact you can never be fired.
Laura Ingraham as talking about process monkeys like Kerry a decade ago.
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