Sunday, February 7, 2021

Top U.S. And Chinese Diplomats Discuss Key Issues In First Phone Call

CNN: China's top diplomat takes hardline stance in first call with new US Secretary of State 

(CNN)In his first phone call with new United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, China's top diplomat has again pinned the blame on Washington for plunging bilateral relations to their lowest point in decades, and rejected international criticism of Beijing's policies in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. 

Yang Jiechi, the top foreign policy aide to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, told Blinken during their Friday call that the US should "correct recent mistakes, and work with China to promote the healthy and stable development of China-US relations by upholding the spirit of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation," according to a statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. 

Yang emphasized that both sides should respect the other's core interests, as well as political systems and developmental paths of their own choosing, the statement said. 


WNU Editor: There is no common ground between the two sides. 

Here is the Chinese view of this telephone conversation .... 'Let's each manage our own business': Yang Jiechi tells Antony Blinken (CGTN). 

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

For all Blinken got accomplished he was no more effective than Toobin would've been, if he had been on the call.

Jac said...

China will not change its course, why it will? Dictators never give up on their goal. The problem is their advisers are telling them the things they want to hear and that's dangerous.

Anonymous said...

Neither the US will not change. Its not just china. (period)

Anonymous said...

China needs to change. They are killing Uighurs.


The US needs to change back. They are becoming too much like China.