Qin Gang responded to the restrictions on high-level access by relying on lower-level interactions with other foreign ambassadors and state and municipal-level officials. Elizabeth Dalziel/AP Photo
Politico: Why China’s new foreign minister could be a problem for Biden
Qin Gang’s cooperation could decide the outcome of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s looming China trip.
The Biden administration shut out outgoing Chinese ambassador Qin Gang for much of his more than 500-day tenure in Washington, D.C. But that all changed last week when Chinese leader Xi Jinping appointed Qin as the country’s new foreign minister, creating a headache for the administration at a time of high tension between Washington and Beijing.
The problems will be front and center in the coming weeks when Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits China as the countries clash over trade, Chinese military intimidation of Taiwan and access to technology.
“I think that there are probably those within the administration that feel chagrined that they did not extend the courtesies [to Qin] that normally would be extended to an ambassador,” said Craig Allen, president of the U.S.-China Business Council.
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WNU Editor: How Chinese ambassador Qin Gang was treated by the West does not surprise me. I have seen this type of treatment directed at Chinese officials and diplomats by Western officials and politicians for decades.
What is a shame. The Chinese look to establish long term relations, especially long term personal relationships.
The Washington DC elite should be kicking themselves. They lost a golden opportunity.
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Chinese Ambassador to the United States
In office: 27 July 2021 – 5 January 2023
It is but a few weeks ago that China made clear that they would NOW like to make nice and mend fences with the US.
In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Ambassador Cui Tiankai said it’s unclear to him whether President Donald Trump is listening primarily to hardliners like White House Director of Trade Peter Navarro, or relative moderates like chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
“Honestly, I’ve been talking to ambassadors of other countries in Washington, D.C., and this is also part of their problem,” Tiankai told the network. “They don’t know who is the final decision-maker. Of course, presumably, the president will take the final decision, but who is playing what role? Sometimes it could be very confusing.”
One wonders, if Fred has played or watched football for any length of time and knows what a head fake is.
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