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US Secretary of State and Chinese colleague in first face-to-face meeting since October

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Despite their strategic rivalry, the world’s two largest economies remain important trading partners.


(Photo: AP)



Washington / Peking US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has again called on China to condemn Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Blinken said after meeting his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Bali on Saturday, China claims to be neutral in the conflict. In fact, Beijing supports Moscow. “The People’s Republic of China remains with Russia.”

Blinken criticized China for repeating Russian propaganda, shielding Moscow in international organizations and taking part in joint maneuvers. He conveyed to Wang Yi that “this is truly a moment when we all need to stand up, as one G20 country after another has done, to condemn the aggression.”

Wang Yi struck a critical tone at the meeting with Blinken, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Both countries are facing more and more challenges, the Chinese foreign minister said. Wang Yi called on the US to respect China’s political system and abandon a Cold War mentality.

Washington should not interfere in internal affairs such as the Taiwan issue or Hong Kong, it said. The USA should also withdraw the punitive tariffs that the previous government around Donald Trump had imposed on China. On the subject of the Ukraine crisis, the Chinese only said that there had been a “deep exchange of views”.

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“There is no substitute for direct talks… and in a relationship as complex and consequential as that between the United States and China, there is much to discuss,” Blinken said before the call.

Complex relationship: strategic rival and important trading partner

China and the United States are two big countries, so it is necessary for the two countries to maintain normal exchanges,” Wang Yi told reporters. At the same time, one had to talk to one another to ensure that relations would continue to develop on the right path.

Despite their strategic rivalry, the world’s two largest economies remain important trading partners. Biden has considered removing tariffs on many Chinese goods in a bid to stem rising U.S. inflation ahead of November’s midterm elections.

More: The West’s dilemma at the G20 meeting.

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