Earlier this week, U.S. President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first phone call since the two leaders met face-to-face in San Francisco last November. In the Chinese readout of the call, Xi reportedly stated that “China-U.S. relations are stabilizing.” Both sides have accepted the premise that bilateral competition requires diplomatic communication. Nonetheless, … Read more
Since U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in California last November, Beijing and Washington have maintained communication channels across a range of issues, from defense to counternarcotics. Some analysts welcome the stabilization in China-U.S. relations, while others argue that the Biden administration’s “engagement” policy is undermining U.S. interests. Rather than a … Read more
On January 26 and 27, the head of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, met with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Bangkok, Thailand. (Wang is also the foreign minister, but was identified in the official readout using his other, higher-ranking title, as that office is considered to counterpart … Read more
On the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leader’s Meeting in San Francisco last month, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told U.S. President Joe Biden that Taiwan is the “biggest” and “most dangerous issue” between the United States and China. In response, Biden asserted the U.S. commitment to defending “Indo-Pacific allies.” Should the U.S. … Read more
The much-anticipated Biden-Xi Summit has concluded, but the curtain has not yet fallen. No clear verdict has been reached on the future relationship between the world’s two largest economies, which is marked by conflicting values and geopolitical competition. Of particular note is the change in tone of the Chinese state media around the summit, which … Read more
While the relationship between the United States and China has been through many ups and downs since U.S. President Richard Nixon’s historic trip to Beijing in 1972, the turn toward outright confrontation over the past few years has threatened the interests of both countries and the world. By all accounts, the meeting between Presidents Joseph … Read more
Governments around the world were keeping a close eye on this week’s summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, held on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leader’s Meeting in San Francisco. In their first in-person meeting since November 2022 – and just their second since Biden assumed office – the … Read more
The biggest outcome from the meeting was a promise to keep talking on a whole host of issues. But that achievement shouldn’t be underestimated.
U.S. President Joe Biden said on the eve of his much-anticipated meeting with China’s Xi Jinping that his goal for the talks is simply to try to get China-U.S. communications back on stable ground after a tumultuous year. Biden said Tuesday shortly before departing for San Francisco to meet Xi and attend this year’s Asia-Pacific … Read more
This week, a man U.S. President Joe Biden has accused of genocide will arrive in San Francisco so that the two can meet. It will be Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping’s first trip to the United States since 2017. During this period, he has presided over atrocity crimes targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic … Read more