Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks. Shinhwa Communication Capture
–Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first multilateral diplomatic debut in 2021 through the World Economic Forum (WEF)’Davos Agenda’ held on the 25th.
In his 25-minute video speech, President Xi expressed confidence that China’s economic success will help the global economy recover, calling for multilateral cooperation to cope with global challenges such as the epidemic.
However, the focus of President Xi’s speech five days after President Joe Biden took office was a message of warning to the new US administration trying to keep them in check through an’alignment’.
Xi argued that “building a small circle, starting a new Cold War, rejecting, threatening, separating, or imposing sanctions on other nations only pushes the world into division and confrontation.”
This clearly affirmed that President Trump’s opposition to the Biden administration’s policy toward China, which aims to abandon President Trump’s unilateralism and cope with China’s threats through strengthening alliances.
Xi also expressed a sense of caution against the multilateralism emphasized by the Biden administration.
He said, “People with big arms and fists should not have the final say, and should not practice unilateralism in the name of multilateralism or selective multilateralism as our choice.”
These words mean that the Biden administration has declared a return to the multilateral arena, such as the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Change Convention, but it should not try to pressure or subdue them using international organizations or the framework of a smaller but more efficient alliance. It is contained.
US President Joe Biden. yunhap news-However, the US Biden administration did not give much significance to Xi’s comments.
White House spokesman Jen Saki said in a briefing after Xi’s speech, “His speech does not change anything. What we need now is a strategic new approach.”
“We want to approach this issue with strategic patience,” said Reuters, adding that the White House will consult with Republicans and Democrats as well as allies and other partners on the matter in the coming weeks. .
However, it is unclear whether Saki used the word “strategic patience” to mean a lot. Strategic patience is also an unofficial term for the Obama administration’s approach to North Korea.
As the North Korean provocation continued, the Obama administration adopted a policy of waiting for North Korea through sanctions and other pressures against the alliance, but many criticize it as a failed policy that gave time to strengthen North Korea’s nuclear capabilities.
Saki said that China’s industrial espionage and intellectual property theft are still concerns about whether to continue tightly restricting Chinese tech giant Huawei, weighing on the possibility that it will not change for the time being.
“Our opinion, the president’s opinion, is that we should do better defense,” he said. “This should include ensuring that China is held accountable for unfair and illegal practices and that US technology does not promote China’s military buildup. I do,” he added.
It can be seen that the perception of Chinese corporate sanctions is not so different from the Trump administration.
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